Life has a funny way of presenting coincidence. There are some who say coincidence is just irony, I on the other hand beg to differ. Coincidence in my mind is God's way of putting 'pieces' of life's complications together. Tonight I attended a long time friends nuptials. For someone who has never been married, the…
A Secret Adventure Called My Life
I dropped my youngest daughter off at college this week. My 'baby' is gone and after 24 years of chaos and kids, I finally have gotten a moment alone. My life has been filled with laughter and tears, hopes and disappointment and more drama than I personally care for. I got married only to have…
Pediatric Cancer Awareness
September is almost over and with it the hope that pediatric cancer awareness month would get national attention and major support. Cancer is a terrible disease no matter who the victim is young or old, but even more so for a child. The battle to beat cancer and survive becomes paramount when kids should be enjoying childhood…
A leopard cannot change its spots…
People are people and this world is filled with lots of them. Family, friends, neighbors, co-workers the list goes on and on. Life is full of constant introductions and interactions with others. There are people we like, people we tolerate and people we love. While philosophers have spent the ages trying to figure out the meaning of life,…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one person sees as beautiful someone else sees differently. Life has the same way of making one person feel one way and someone else another. When I was twenty something beauty to me was significantly different from what I now see as beautiful. We live in a society…
Cancer
Optimists have a way of finding good in everything. Looking at life as though the glass is half full is a way of appreciating the small things and trying not to be overwhelmed by the bad. There are times however, when the bad seems to overtake even an optimist. Cancer sucks and I have spoken…
Happiness comes from within
We are on a never-ending quest for happiness. It is what life is about. Living in a way that brings us joy and accomplishments should make us happy, yet to many it does not. What exactly is happiness? Is it a big house, a fancy car or is it something more? We spend our lives pursuing things;…
Milestones
We measure our lives by years and milestones; birthdays, anniversaries and even divorces and deaths, we remember those days in our lives that something major happened. I remember January 17, 2002 very well for that was the day my daughter Alicia was diagnosed with cancer. This week was the ten-year anniversary of our year from hell, right after the 9/11…
Tim Tebow and the Broncos….
Tim Tebow and the Broncos season ended last night in Foxboro with a decisive loss. Tom Brady and the Patriots were unstoppable and played flawlessly and with home field advantage they triumphed. Congratulations to them and to the eventual Superbowl winners. I am disappointed the Broncos didn't go all the way, but so is every other fan whose team…
Welcome 2012!
Christmas is over and the new year is here. The holidays are just a memory and a new journey begins. In theory, it is just another Sunday however, in reality it is much more than that. We like to start things fresh, like stepping on untouched snow or writing on a clean sheet of paper. This year…
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