Have you noticed that our culture and every social media platform proclaims if your skin isn't free of wrinkles, you have "love handles", your muscles are not tone, or if you do not have the energy of a three year old - you are: "less than"? According to an article in Psychology Today, a study... Continue Reading →

The photograph above was taken in South Dakota. This state is in the middle of a drought; earth's dehydration. The grass is dry and crunchy below our feet. I could almost hear the flora and fauna cry out "I am thirsty!" The kind VRBO owner of the South Dakota home we stayed in offered refreshment... Continue Reading →

According to a CDC report published in 2016, a female born in 1900 would have approximately 48.7 years to live (1,315,387 days, if your counting.) Based loosely on this study, for those of us born a little later, we may have an increased lifespan capacity up to 40 more years! So much more time than... Continue Reading →

In 1948 in the Black Hills of South Dakota a mountain carving of the Lakota chief, Crazy Horse was begun.  Seventy-seven years later it is still in process. The chief's head is the only part that is finished, and there is a very long way to go. I recently realized that I have spent way... Continue Reading →

In her book "Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith",  Anne Lamont wrote: "Not forgiving someone is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die." Humbling thought isn't it? I am blessed and abundantly fortunate in my upbringing. My family consistently demonstrated grace and forgiveness.  Holding grudges and getting back was not... Continue Reading →

Why is it that the last part of your life seems to disappear like a mist, but as a child we see the coming twenty four hours like they will be a lifetime. Years ago I listened to a podcast in which the host and several guests attempted to solve this mystery.  After sixty minutes... Continue Reading →