by Nancy | Jan 9, 2018 | Commitment, Conflict, Habit Change, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Rather than seeing conflict as part of growing the relationship, we tend to blame the person with whom we’re in conflict. “If he wouldn’t _____, then I wouldn’t ______. If she would just _____, then we’d be happy.” Blame, not conflict, is relationship cancer. ...
by Nancy | Dec 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are many post-holiday traditions: the after-Christmas sales, returning items that don’t fit or don’t suit, football games, taking down the tree and house decorations, cleaning up the trash, finding a place for the unusual gift, eating the last of the goodies,...
by Nancy | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our family always says “grace” before a meal. You and I probably won’t be sitting at the same table, but I’d really like to “grace” you with a few blessings from my heart to yours: Bless you for finding value in my blog… (I assume you wouldn’t read it otherwise.)...
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...
