Do you sometimes find it’s so much easier to judge others than to see into their hearts? I think we all do.  But finding the right path for myself is difficult enough — and an ongoing challenge — and to presume that I can determine the right path for another is a big stretch. In…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s out there. I hope your day will be filled with joy, love, and … forgiveness. What better gift to give and receive on Mother’s Day — or any day — than the gift of forgiveness. Families are filled with joy and love, but often, as some commenters pointed…

  Do you find that one of the most difficult struggles in life is learning to forgive? Proman is speaking at a local church this morning on the topic of forgiveness. You can see why this is on my mind. “Life is an adventure in forgiveness,” writes Norman Cousins, and since nobody gets through life unscathed, that’s…

Last Sunday I wrote about romance and love, and maybe it’s time for a little humor. Have you heard this: “I love being married. It’s so great finding that one special person you can annoy for the rest of your life.” Or this one: “My wife and I lived happily for twenty years. Then we met…

I’ve been thinking about romance lately. Not surprising for a writer of women’s fiction. Actually, I wrote 50 romance novels before moving into a broader genre with more options for character development and plot. But you may notice that romantic relationships are always at the heart of my novels because nothing is more important to…

Of course, they could have asked us, and we could have told them. Now all they have to do is read the latest study revealing that what women find most sexy about a man is … kindness. Yes, good looks do help, but when put side by side, kindness, compassion, and altruism are the clear winners…

Just to be alive is an adventure, but shouldn’t life be more than that, shouldn’t it be a daring adventure? Many of us thought about Helen Keller and her inspiring story this week when we learned that actress Patty Duke had died. Remember The Miracle Worker? Remember watching the movie or perhaps the play and…

Happy Easter to all of you. A favorite Easter story for me is “The Rabbi’s Gift” by M. Scott Peck. A monastery is dying, it’s five monks aging and dispirited, the buildings falling into disrepair, the grounds overgrown and unappealing, when a rabbi from a nearby hermitage shows up. When the abbot asks the rabbi…

“In many shamantic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: ‘When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?’”…

I must have the best job in the world. As exasperating as publishing can be, I am always aware how lucky I am to be able to pursue everything that interests me and spend months exploring, probing and recounting what I learn along the way. But few books required as much reflection as The Color of…