I once asked my cousin whether she thought about her cancer on a daily basis. When I asked, she was in remission, again. Writing this, admitting I said it, makes me cringe, and my naive question fills me with embarrassment. A few years later I called her brother after he’d been diagnosed with cancer and…
Have you ever had one of those days? It’s a day like many others when you open your social media page and, when seeing a meme you like or a favorite topic, like everyone else on the planet, you decide to chime in. You jump in happily and post a comment. Soon, the backlash starts,…
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” ~ Buddha As I get older, I realize how much perspective matters. As we move through life and accumulate cellulite experiences, we are shaped by what we’ve lived through, whom we meet, where we work and with whom, our friends and neighbors, and…
“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” ~ Herbert Bayard Swope
finding merle 