The coldest I’ve ever been was not December 27, 2009 when I watched my husband officiate the Music City Bowl. Sitting for three hours inside the Tennessee Titans’ stadium in a winter windchill of 17 degrees makes a body cold, to be sure. But I’ve been colder. In the 70’s. In the 70’s, I lived to
At the end of last year as I drove over the river and through the woods to visit my grown daughter, Brene Brown taught me how to live a whole-hearted life. Because my friend Karen Haring—founder and executive director of Libera, Inc.—recommended more than once that I listen to Brown’s 6-cd audio recording of her
For years I felt guilty for not exercising on a regular basis. I’m talking, I felt really guilty. Because I believed exercise was the way to stay fit and trim. But recently I remembered that not one, but two gym-owners, have told me: “90% of the way your body looks is not due to exercise. It’s due
‘-Less than 24 hours home from vacation, I reach for my phone. To call my mother to say I’m back, that I’ll visit soon. Then I remember, she’s no longer here. -Flying back east from our Arizona Fiesta Bowl adventure, I check my phone calendar. “Order flowers for Mom’s January 15th birthday.” Throat tight, I delete
I have a theory on life. Actually, it’s more like a set of rules. I call them my “Joy Rules.” Practice Gratitude Examine Your Life Pursue Your Purpose In my opinion (and experience), if you apply these three principles, life improves. Since it’s the first month of a brand new year, let’s leapfrog over Joy
From time to time I receive an unexpected gift, a present I didn’t even know I wanted. And my life is better for it. Four years ago, on a hazy summer afternoon, Tony Bear and Junior-Man came home from cutting grass at our warehouse. In his hands, my son cupped a black and white ball
She is dead to me. I tried to speak the words but instead I swallowed them, bitter as bile, moments after my mother delivered the news. “Sit,” she said when I entered the room for the midday meal. She pushed a cup—more wine than water—across the table. “Drink.” Parched from the morning’s work and wood dust,
We weren’t even in the humongous box store five minutes when I felt a tug on my sleeve. I smiled down at my five-year old son. “Mom? The clues for the Easter basket scavenger hunt are from a computer. I don’t think the Easter Bunny has a computer. Are you the Easter Bunny? You and
If you’re in dire need of holiday gift ideas for gals, today’s post is for you. Hopefully you’ll find this collection of present-buying suggestions as helpful as this gifting resource: Holiday gift ideas for guys. For the record, know that some of the links are affiliate links which means if you buy soon after clicking
Is the headline below how you feel about shopping for holiday gifts for guys? Q: What is a woman’s favorite holiday w(h)ine? A: “Guys are so hard to buy for!” To help you tackle this problem, I put together an extensive list of ideas for holiday gifts for guys. In order to facilitate your shopping
