Live With Flair

The sun explodes onto the backyard this morning. We shade our eyes from the snow’s reflection of her. The whole scene sparkles and shimmers. My

Today I remember that I absolutely love spending time with people who–even after decades–maintain the curiosity and wonder of a child. I have a friend

I’m talking about oath taking in my advanced writing course. We’re reading the Hippocratic Oath for health professionals and asking ourselves what a professional oath

Most people spend about 30 seconds reading your blog. Maybe less. I’ve heard from folks that if they click on a blog and see paragraph

My friends with teenage children tell me that one way to survive the teenage years is to “keep them talking.” That’s the most important thing.

Today–despite all of our resolve and all of our goal setting to walk our mile to school every day–we drive in. We have a -15

My weather alert email arrives to warn me of a squall event in my county. We’re to prepare for sharp gusts of wind. It’s sudden.

I realize that I completely go downhill after 2:00 PM. I’m always at my best between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.  From noon till 2:00

This morning, I observe my husband mediate between our two very angry daughters. One finally agrees to apologize to the other. “I’m sorry, but. .

I’m reading a portion of a book that describes how a woman finally discovered a genuine way to connect with herself and God. She tried