Category: Encouragement

“Your line of work? Really?”

2020-02-14 21:30:57 While watching an American sitcom, during this week leading up to Valentine’s Day, I was intrigued by an exchange between a dying patient

You Deserve a Sticker

2019-08-31 02:51:14 Both Amazon and Staples have been loudly ringing the bell which calls all students to return to the hallowed hallways of school! The

Want to have coffee?

2019-09-29 21:18:45 National Coffee Day brings back memories of a new friendship which brewed over a long cup of coffee, and of many “catching up”

A Perfect Father’s Day Card

2019-06-16 04:48:48 I found the perfect Father’s Day card.  It is not saturated in sappiness and it is only two lines but a perfect response

Living in the Fog

2019-07-18 02:00:02 A few weeks ago, while I was teaching in Germany, I went on a quest to purchase authentic cuckoo clocks for my family.

Word of the Day

2019-07-28 22:40:55 Spelling Words Can you remember the endless hours of homework, writing new spelling words in preparation for the weekly Friday spelling test? Perhaps

$10,000 Pyramid Clue

2019-08-08 13:10:12 Imagine being a contestant on the revived classic TV gameshow, $10,000 Pyramid, and receiving these clues: Weddings. Birthday parties. Bee stings. Goodbyes. Movies.

Celebrating EMPTY

2019-04-21 07:11:39 EMPTY things do not normally give us cause to celebrate. What rejoicing or gratitude may be found in an empty gas tank, an

Teach Me Thy Way

2019-05-05 04:39:18 Can you imagine being in the classroom of the Master Teacher, Jesus Christ, day in and day out? If so, can you imagine

The Most Blessed Mom

2019-05-12 16:45:18 Who is the most blessed mom in the world? I like to think it is my mom because she has me for a

A Standing Invitation

2019-04-01 01:09:23 There is something about an invitation which makes us feel accepted, wanted, special, and included. And having a standing invitation makes us feel

Majoring on the Mordecai’s

2019-04-17 16:51:23 Sometimes, it is the “but when’s” which distract us from focusing on the most important things in life, and cause us to major

But you promised…

2019-02-11 21:09:12 Who of us, at one time or another, has not experienced the pain of a promise broken only to remind the promise maker,

“I Love Mess”

2019-02-23 19:53:59  “I’m so excited because I love mess!”, says Marie Kondo, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering

Worth the While

2019-03-09 19:38:43 I’ve never been good at waiting, even though I am a good equal opportunity impatient waiter. What I mean is that even though

“Diagnosis: Worry Warts”

2019-03-15 17:18:26 My face could be on the book covers of children’s books like, The Worry Warts and Wilma Jean the Worry Machine. Often, like

“How Can I Help?”

2019-01-24 14:26:07 One of several shows, which premiered in Fall 2018 and has received some attention, is New Amsterdam, based on the book, Twelve Patients: