I wrote an article recently for my Multiple Sclerosis Caregiver blog. It’s titled “Tears of Hope and Passionate Hate“. In it, I used words I find myself using more frequently as I grow older. The phrase is, “tears behind my eyes”.
I’ve used the phrase recently to describe a day to my Mom, [...]
What’s on your mind in your spare time? Your favorite team? A complicated project at work? Personal finances? Yourself? Your weekend plans?
What do you think about most?
Husbands, how often do you think about your wife?
(Wives, swap genders in the question and it will work for you. For you it [...]
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It’s the sure repetition of small, beneficial acts in a marriage that creates value for the relationship.
Significance is often discovered in the small things. Fortunately, because taking care of the small stuff in a marriage often requires the least effort while offering the greatest return, it makes sense to do the easy stuff.
Remember the [...]
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What do you think about God? Have you ever been afraid to follow a thought trail about God because you were worried about where it would go or concerned you might have a “dangerous” thought? Theological brain storms can move a lot of stale brain-air and refresh the cavities of one’s mind. [...]
I “met” John Donne in high school and have been grateful since. Here’s my favorite of his Holy Sonnets. (Hint: Read it slowly about 50 times.)
Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person’d God
Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow [...]
The mind you save may be your own. Here’s more good news for coffee drinkers from our Finnish friends:
Midlife coffee and tea drinking and the risk of late-life dementia
Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and [...]
How really wrong is wrong?
Recently, Madoff made off with as much as $50 billion in investor funds placed in his trust. It was a Ponzi scheme that began years ago.
I wonder how small the first act of deceit was. Was it $10,000 or was it a million dollars? And is it more [...]
Sooner or later: Kids + Unprotected Internet Access = Trouble
One of the smartest things you can do to protect your children from unwanted websites is to use OpenDNS. Smart because it’s good, easy and free.
You should use OpenDNS.com if you have children (or grandchildren) or teens in your home who use the Internet.
OpenDNS.com is [...]
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I’ve had my eye on a 9 quart, Lodge Dutch Oven for quite a while. I bought it today with Christmas gift money from my parents. And I got a great deal on it at our local hardware store. Because it’s cast iron and will last hundreds of years, it’s possible one of my great, great, great, etc., grand children will use it, too.
Just a decade ago, most leaders of nonprofit organizations only had access to relatively limited information about surviving difficult economic times. If a nonprofit was old enough, the leader could look through the agency’s own history, visit with other leaders, and maybe (if times weren’t too tight already) attend a seminar on financial management in tough times. Now, we type three words and click the “Google Search” button.
We all have moments which sparkle in our experience of life. These incredible events, impossible to forget, overwhelm us with sheer joy.
You pop the question and she says, “Yes!” You’re named Employee of the Year. Your dad says, “I love you,” and you know without doubt he means it.
Some day I’ll write a book. It will begin like this:
When it was my chore as a child to clean the kitchen after supper I would set the biggest pots in the sink and fill them with soapy water. In my little hands they were unweildy and difficult to manage. I knew after my Mom heard me say the magic words, “these need to soak”, I could walk away and trust her to clean the big pots.
Welcome.
I’ve blogged for years, but never just for myself. Now I will.
You may or may not appreciate all you read here. I know you may often disagree with me.
That’s good.
Occasionally, I want to write something that will not fit neatly into one of the other blogs I maintain. I’ll put it here. But don’t [...]