by Nancy | Dec 12, 2017 | Encouragement
A big part of Christmas is the story of the three wise men and their journey to find the King. This story of an amazing journey comforts me because of my own periodic journeys into the unknown. I believe the wise men must have been on a spiritual quest that led them...
by Nancy | Dec 5, 2017 | Conflict, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Remember the opening lines of Fiddler on the Roof? Tevya singing, “TRADITION! TRADITION!” Traditions serve such a valuable service to our cultures and our families. They provide something to depend on when other things in life may be shaky. The repetition of them...
by Nancy | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of my family’s favorite Christmas traditions was begun when my father-in-law was a student at Gerard College for Boys in Philadelphia, PA. It was a live-in school for boys from 9-17 who were orphaned. He hated being separated from his older brothers who were too...
by Nancy | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Radical Gratitude Challenge #6 – Ultimate Gratitude Perhaps nothing leaves us feeling more helpless and vulnerable than watching a child suffer. Whether it’s from illness, or injury, or from crazy, bad choices that kid is making, we are cut to the core....
by Nancy | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Radical Gratitude Challenge #5 – The Harvest of Gratitude My first husband died when I was twenty-three years old. We had two baby boys. I was not very thankful. It took about five years to pull out of the pit of depression and readjust my life around this...