Counting My Blessings, Being a Blessing to Others
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ask my daughters what firefighters do, they’ll say they put fires out. They’ll explain police catch the bad guys. Until two months ago, their only contact with police and firefighters was at local community events and birthday parties. They would meekly say “hi” and climb aboard a fire engine. Sometimes, they left with plastic red …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you- one of the first phrases every child is taught. We expect them to immediately follow any kind gesture with those words. Thank you for the milk…. for the compliment…. for picking up the dropped toy… for catching the wayward ball… etc. Yet, as adults, we don’t use those words nearly enough. Four bomb …
Reading Time: 3 minutes How do we mere mortals rise to greatness? Does one person have the power to make enough noise to create change? What are the odds that an ordinary U.S. citizen can making a lasting impact on his/her community? Great. It began with a Facebook post My post read, “This mom is mad. No parent should ever …
Reading Time: 2 minutes My three and four-year-old daughters go to preschool to learn their ABCs, to learn how to write, to learn our national anthem and perhaps most importantly, to learn how to show others kindness and respect. But one week ago, they added a new phrase to their vocabulary- code black. Yes, code black- a bomb threat …