“Ye are the Light of the World” – Simon Dewey When Jesus said “fear not” he meant it. In my work I help people whose relationships have not only fallen apart at the seams but exploded into a million pieces, taking bloody chunks of their hearts with it. It’s happened to me and you, too,[...]
I love DARK chocolate, the darker the better. But that single statement will invariably confuse; given today’s climate of immediate suspicion and criticism, one had better be ready to elaborate. Well, 60% cocoa or 80%? What do you think about milk chocolate? White chocolate? What about nuts, with or without? What do you mean “love?” Yikes! If[...]
Thankfully, people like Leila Miller (Primal Loss – The Now-Adult Children of Divorce Speak), are taking to social media to make others aware of the insidious myths about divorce: the children of divorce do NOT come out unscathed and they do NOT bounce back beautifully. Leila begs parents to reconsider staying together, finding a way—any[...]
What would you do? I have a dear friend who is deeply, emotionally attached to her wardrobe. Growing up in the Great Depression, and having only three plain cotton dresses that came from a charity group, she’s always defined success and self worth as being able to have beautiful clothes with shoes to match every[...]
Imagine with me: Hillary and Donald (careful now, not their real names) were high school sweethearts who married in St. Pat’s Cathedral in NYC. In love and on top of the world, their future was bright and sparkled with five beautiful children and a lovely home in a good, old-fashioned neighborhood. Hillary was a part-time[...]
Freedom? Meh . . . no, thank you. Arnold Ray Jones got high weekly on crack cocaine the year before his arrest and he’d failed to complete several drug treatment programs. He was finally sentenced for drug trafficking in 2002 and has spent fourteen years of twenty in prison in Beaumont, Texas. This year he[...]
Because I said so. The words every child hates to hear. When I was two and Momma forbid me to take my little neighbor’s birthday present, I didn’t question her. A few years later, though, I was old enough to ask (demand), “Why?” She explained that other’s possessions didn’t belong to me and that I[...]
Brothers and Sisters When I was in my twenties and single I bought a double-wide mobile home. I was tired of apartments and could not yet afford a real house so, on my modest income as a real estate appraiser trainee, I fixed it up cute and cozy. It soon became a haven for my[...]
I’m a double extrovert . . . and we are high-energy and hard workers. It is not blood but adrenaline that courses through our veins! We can spin circles around people, get ten times the work done, plan light years ahead, and solve fifteen problems at once. But the problem is (as with all of[...]
Our cantor adjusted his guitar, cued the pianist and adult choir, and learned into the microphone, saying: “Our entrance hymn will be ‘Lift High the Cross’ found on Page 376. Now, please stand as we begin our celebration of the Eucharist.” A thousand people rose and filled the church to the rafters with glorious singing.[...]