Emilie Richards

GANDHI Said: Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your WORDS. Keep your words positive  because your words become your BEHAVIOR. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your HABITS. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your VALUES. Keep your values positive because your values become your DESTINY.

Let us pray for: The mothers too tired to enter or too busy to care. This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at soccer games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that when their kids asked, “Did you see my goal?” they could say, “Of course, wouldn’t…

April this year is a special time to celebrate birth and renewal for all the Abrahamic religions. Ramadan began on April 1st and continues through the month. Passover began on Friday and ends on the 23rd. And Easter Sunday is today. Wherever you are, whatever your religious convictions, I hope you enjoy a lovely spring weekend,…

There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How…

“Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.” -Van Gogh I went to see the Beyond Van Gogh presentation last week with my husband and friends and found it amazing. The immersive show has been traveling around the country for the last several years, attracting many people to the…

“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.” -author unknown  

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi I dedicate these wise and prophetic words to the brave…

May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields and, Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand. With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I’m sharing…

DO YOU WANT TO FAST THIS LENT? In the words of Pope Francis • Fast from hurting words and say kind words. • Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. • Fast from anger and be filled with patience. • Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. • Fast from worries and have trust…