“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”

–Nelson Mandela

Well, we’re nine days into 2024. If you’ve already failed to keep your New Year’s resolutions, don’t despair. Studies show about 25 percent of us drop them in the first week of the new year and almost half of us do so by the end of January. But there’s always next year!

For some folks, 2023 was a year for creating happy memories: engagements, […]

“Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.”
–author unknown

Well, gang, the presents are unwrapped, the returns are beginning, and Christmas is over. But, some good news: 2024 is a leap year, so you have 365 shopping days left until Christmas, and probably about 100 days until the Christmas Hallmark movies resume!

Today’s post is about New Year’s. You know what that means–it’s time to […]

“Whatever your beliefs, honor your creator; not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen . . . yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.”

–Bradley Whitford (American actor)

Imagine this: It’s Christmas Eve. Per usual, you’ve overlooked some items you’ve got to have for the Christmas dinner . . . and the last place you want to be is at the grocery store. But here you are.

Christmas […]

“Love is the only memory one never loses . . . because even if one loses his mind, the memory always remains in the heart.”

from The Romantic (Felix Alexander; 2014)

We know it’s coming, and we often joke about it and laugh it away, or try to. Memory loss. We wander into the pantry and wonder what we were looking for. Our glasses are missing, again . . . and sometimes they’re nestled on our noggin!

It’s during the holiday seasons of […]