If you liked last week’s story about the young deaf man in Turkey whose friends came to his aid, you’ll love this Christmas story about 12 year-old Lexi Brown’s Christmas surprise. The best stories are real ones, aren’t they? But did you expect the angels to be members of a college fraternity? Lexi was in…

‘Tis the season to respect and love our fellow human beings and to hear inspiring stories of kindness and compassion. Right? As opposed to what we’re hearing from some politicians. This story reminded me of my travels to Turkey with a Muslim group that promotes interfaith respect and cooperation. We had Orthodox Jews, a Catholic…

Last night I saw another flag at half mast, and my first thought? We might as well just leave it that way. There will be another mass killing soon enough. At what point did cruel, crazy people shooting down innocents begin to seem routine? At what point did our leaders throw up their hands and…

So often we — and I certainly include myself here — bemoan how little can be done by one individual to affect the world. But have you ever asked yourself what you can do to affect the 16 feet around you? Recently I ran across an article in our local paper titled “Life philosophy in…

As you may have figured out from reading my books, I’m very interested in relationships, especially relationships that need to be healed. My interest probably comes from having been a family counselor in my past life and being married for many years. Or perhaps I was a family counselor and am long-married because I am interested in…

My husband was in Guatemala several years ago when the Day of the Dead was being celebrated, and he says it was one of the most impressive sights he had ever seen. This video is very similar to what he saw, people picnicking and flying kites in cemeteries and displaying colorful giant kites. I wrote about this tradition…

Are you a kind person? Would you like to be kinder? Becoming kinder is something all of us — or almost all of us — strive for. Why? Because we want to be good people mostly. But to be honest there’s a selfish reason as well: we know that the kinder we are the happier…

https://youtu.be/-MH2HNA4de4 This short video moved me and I think it will move you, too. I find it perplexing that people who have so much going for them are often starved for hope –celebrities come to mind who seem to have everything and yet become addicted or suicidal. Others have so little and yet live with and…