It seems our lives revolve around this perpetual affinity for tomorrow. Forget today, I will eat better tomorrow. I will treat my spouse better tomorrow. I will start working out tomorrow. I will fix it tomorrow. The problem is that tomorrow is not guaranteed, and when it arrives it suddenly becomes today. Yet, we neglect this and…
This time of year is consumed with talk of resolutions. Everyone is filled with hope that the New Year holds promise for a better life. Goals are set. Determination is widespread. A fresh dose of optimism fills the minds of people everywhere. The end of one year and the start of another is the perfect…
This Christmas my mom gave my dad a chocolate bar, supposedly designed specifically for sharing between “Him and Her.” The wrapping was one part pink and one part black, with each side labeled “50%”…but the punch line was in the pink, which spread obviously beyond the midline of the chocolate! “Her” portion was taking up…
During the holidays, my husband and I love to have Christmas movie marathons and 2010 was no exception. We pulled out all the classics as well as a few new additions for quite the entertainment lineup! There is one movie we both particularly look forward to every year though—It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a Wonderful…
Last fall I stood in a row of purple dresses in a sunny field, about to watch a radiant couple take their wedding vows, when the officiating pastor dropped a bomb. Seriously? I thought, You’re really going to go there? We were in the middle of a beautiful autumn wedding, and he was going to…
