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I went for a walk yesterday, and like most walks, I had a destination in mind, I was, what I have jokingly said returning to the science of the crime. It was one year ago, that I ran my first live race and broke actually shattered my leg. I was 20 feet from the endContinue reading “I went for a walk”

There is a song from Monty Pythons “Life of Brian“ – “Always look on the Bright Side of Life.” If you look and read through the lyrics for the song it comes down to this; no matter what is going on look for the bright side of life. Mercy, sometimes it is so hard toContinue reading “Which side do you fall on?”

Seems like an odd question doesn’t it? I mean when you were little your parents might have had that door frame to measure your height each year or maybe every six months. But as we get older the height stops being measured by your parents and the only time it seems to get checked isContinue reading “How do you grow?”

We said Goodbye to my mom yesterday and some of these memories we’re shared at her celebration of life. I decided today would be a good day to share with you what was written in full Memories of Mom I went looking for quotes that best described my mom and I found these three fromContinue reading “Memories of Mom”

What makes you smile? It is a lot like the song from the Sound of Music “A few of my favorite things.” But this is a little simpler. What makes you smile? Your child, your pet, your favorite song? I think it is easy to say that all those things can bring a quick smileContinue reading “What makes you smile?”

When we are born our parents cannot wait to hold our hand. Some just say it’s to make sure that we have all ten fingers. Holding our hand is one of the things that bonds us to our parents. As we grow older we no longer want to hold our parents hands. But then weContinue reading “Hold my Hand”

They told us month’s, then it was hour’s, maybe a day and that became minutes. I walked into her room, I held her hand, I kissed her forehead, I told her that I loved her, and thanked her for being my mom. There were so many other things that I wanted to talk about withContinue reading “Thank you for being my Mom.”

Maid is a limited series on Netflix. Perhaps you have watched it. If you haven’t I will give you a short review. It’s about a young mom who is trying to get out of an emotionally abusive relationship with a small child all while caring for a a bi polar mother. Too a point itContinue reading “It’s important”

Grace, it’s a word that I have heard used a lot lately. That got me thinking what does grace mean? According to Oxford dictionary the top three definitions of are: Oxford goes onto say that grace is generous, free, and totally unexpected and undeserved. So, really grace is in all definitions of the words aContinue reading “Grace”

Seems like a simple question. Did you smile today? Unfortunately I am beginning to think that smiling is a lost art. We are behind masks and people think that we cannot see what is happening but the answer is we can still tell when someone is smiling and when they are not. Smiling is easyContinue reading “Did you Smile Today?”