We woke up to our first “real” snowfall yesterday, about three inches covering our neighborhood. While I plugged away at a project for work, my husband went outside and cleared the snow from our driveway. Listening to the morning news, I heard that in the New York City area, not too far from where most of our family [...]
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Sunday Service – Be a snow angel
January 22, 2012Sunday Service – MLK Day of Service
January 15, 2012Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring Dr. King’s life and legacy, and his impact on civil and human rights. Americans who do not have to report to work tomorrow are encouraged to view it as a day on instead of a day off - a day to serve to the local community. While doing some research for this [...]
Thank you Thursday
January 12, 2012I was ten years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Old enough to remember, young enough to not quite understand all the implications. Over time, I have certainly come to appreciate Dr. King’s life, service, commitment, and passion for athe rights of all human beings. The MLK.gov website summarizes his message by [...]
Thank you Thursday
December 29, 2011This is the 52nd week of the year. The 52nd Thursday. My 52nd ‘Thank you Thursday” post of 2011. I’ve shared a lot of gratitude over all these weeks. Yet, I feel like I’ve barely been thankful enough. I have the great gifts of an amazing family and a small, but mighty, circle of friends. I have a [...]
Sunday Service – Charity Navigator
December 11, 2011With so many requests from charitable organizations this time of year, how do you decide which is most worthy of your precious dollars? Sometimes, specific causes tug at our hearts. For example, I am a past board member of The Ohio Business Week Foundation, my Mom has Alzheimers, my Dad died of cancer, my son is a [...]
Sunday Service – Holiday spirit of giving
December 4, 2011Imagine being a child and seeing all the red and green or silver and blue of the holiday seasons. Imagine wide-eyed children looking at the latest toys in store windows, on TV or in advertising flyers. Imagine little children comparing lists for Santa or gift hopes for Channukah. No matter how much we might try to keep the emphasis [...]
Book Review – Stained Glass Hearts
November 21, 2011Stained Glass Hearts, Seeing Life From A Broken Perspective, written by Patsy Clairmont and published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2011. At its most basic level, the beauty of a stained glass window comes when light shines from the inside darkness. The dark colors of broken and fragile glass are transformed to glowing richness; beauty radiates. So it is with people. In [...]
Sunday Service – Giving on any day
November 13, 2011Countless families, moved by a seasonal spirit of gratitide and giving, volunteer to at local food pantries, kitchens, and shelters to provide, cook or serve Thanksgiving meals. This week’s Sunday Service opportunity is to consider doing the same work in your community, but on a different day. Homeless, poor, elderly and other people need food every [...]
Happy Birthday, Mom!
November 6, 2011Today is my Mom’s 76th birthday. She doesn’t know it’s her birthday. She won’t be celebrating today. I can’t pick up the phone and wish her well. My brother will visit her, I’m sure, but she won’t recognize him. Mom has Alzheimer’s. I’ve written about Mom and this disease on Mother’s Day and Alzheimer’s Action Day and [...]
Sunday Service – Before giving to veterans’ organizations…
November 6, 2011Who wouldn’t want to help disabled veterans? Wouldn’t it be un-American to say no? That is exactly what many organizations are counting on this week, as we celebrate and honor our military veterans on 11.11.11. Be very careful, though, if your kindness, compassion and patriotism are tapped for a financial donation. There are many legitimate organizations providing great [...]
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