Facing Your Fear

ONE STEP AT A TIME About a week ago I did something I said I would never do….I am sure I surprised some of my closest friends when they saw pictures of me in Las Vegas.  I’m sure my reasons for not wanting to go there would never cross the minds of anyone...

Changing Seasons

Changing Seasons… March 21st is the first day of Spring.  I live in Illinois.  I did not notice any changes from March 20 to 21.  While there are birds chirping, patches of green grass and a few flower stems trying to break through the hard dry ground, winter is...

Luck of the Irish

Luck of the Irish? With this week bringing us St. Patrick’s Day I am sharing several Irish Proverbs, Blessings, Quotes and am reminded of the phrase, “Luck of the Irish.”  Do you think the Irish are lucky?  More lucky than non-Irish? I believe we...

The Gift of Time

When I was in third grade, my teacher said that the older you get the faster the time goes by.  I thought she was crazy, time is time.  I was wrong, she was right.  Time seems to fly by now and is seems with a blink of an eye I went from being in college myself to...

The Loudness of Silence

I recently saw a post on Pinterest that said, “Silence is an answer too.”  Think about that a moment… The childhood lesson taught by mothers everywhere was “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.”  In this...

Take a Breathe

Have you heard of the word Mindfulness?  It is a popular buzz word in the mental health field right now but the concept has been around for a long time.  It is often associated with yoga, deep breathing, and meditation.  According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary,...