Recently, while sitting on the bus during an early morning commute, I glimpsed a young man through the reflection of the bus window and something about him grabbed my attention. He was leaning alongside a large glass building, clearly lost in thought. A thinker out for a smoke. It was the look on his face that
“And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the new year: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied: Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than
Recently my niece and I were sifting through my Christmas cookie recipes looking at all the holiday favorites. Turns out most of these recipes are hand-written. Maybe, because special cookies require extra time and attention and were only made once a year, they became the recipes to write down – the cherished ones to pass
Thanksgiving is a special day because most of us offer up a collective “thanks” for all that we have. The iconic artwork for Thanksgiving is Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Want” depicting the perfect family with Grandma and Grandpa serving up a perfectly cooked turkey. Even those who haven’t seen the original painting may be familiar
There are those moments in life that you will never ever forget. And there are those moments when, for the briefest instant, you can absolutely see into the future. And sometimes … you have a moment when both things occur and you realize your life has just taken a turn. Like many, I had that
Isn’t it funny how places we love to visit, the things we like to do or even the people we love can be so different from one another? Some people love the beach and snow skiing; some people love opera and heavy metal and some love both the simplicity of a well-made PB and J
Be careful what you wish for … doesn’t that piece of advice seem contradictory to everything we’ve ever been taught? Millions of shooting stars have witnessed the upturned faces of yearning souls who are in turn watching the cosmic-fire streaking across the sky while whispering their hope-filled wishes. Almost as if the stars themselves were