As I write to you today it has been a cold, snowy week. Several days of missed school, fun keeping driveways cleared, and animals fed in...

Wow, what a difference a week can make. Last weekend we had our first connection event of the New Year. 60 degree weather, and beside a...

As I reflect over the past 12 months I am reminded that my life MUST be lived forward. There is no other way to live. Each day-each...

The 12th gift is FAITH: May you believe! So here we are at the final gift from Charlene Costanzo’s book The 12 Gifts of Birth. I hope you...

“Love: It will grow each time you give it away.” So here we are just a few days before Christmas. If you’re like us, your tree is...

So here we are down to the final three: Today’s gift is Wisdom: "Guiding your way, wisdom will lead you through knowledge to...

The ninth gift is Reverence. “May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.” When was the last time you...

“The eighth gift is imagination.” “four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived...

“The seventh gift is talent.” We all have a different set of talents, kind of like how we all have a different set of facial features....

The sixth gift is Joy “May it may keep your heart open and filled with light” At this time of the year everything seems so full; shopping...

The fifth gift is Hope: "Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.” It arrived a few days before Christmas...

Today gift is Compassion: “May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make...

In the movie The Wizard of OZ, we watch as Dorothy makes three friends on her way to the Emerald City. Each of them needs something, and...

Hello, my name is Andria Wooten, I am fifteen and I have grown up hearing this story most of my life. Today I will be writing one of my...

I want to share something with you this Christmas. Something that was given to me long ago by a woman I barely knew. Think of it as a...

If your like me you're busy. It's not enough coffee, too little sleep, and way too much to to do kind of BUSY! Often it's not just at...