For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows […]

For each new morning with it’s light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

With Thanksgiving on the horizon I know someone…I’ll call her Alice…who is thankful to be alive. You see, last Monday Alice was driving and was in a car accident. A drunk driver hit her. The impaired driver was arrested. (He was also arrested the night before, having caused a similar accident while under the influence […]

On the second Monday of October, we in Canada celebrate Thanksgiving, whereas the American Thanksgiving falls in November. That means next Monday, October 12th, 2009, is our day of celebration. And what a glorious time of year our Canadian Thanksgiving falls on…the trees are abundant with brilliant colors – leaves of red, yellow, orange and […]

We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.  ~Author Unknown Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Before my brother and sister from eastern Canada arrived for a visit in August, I asked them if they wanted to go spelunking (caving). Yes…not too far from where I live is a great cave…a subterranean wonderland having tight crawl spaces (face and bum/back in the dirt crawling), crevices, extraordinary natural calcite sculptures (soda straws, […]

“Years ago, my sister-in-law started a family tradition. Every Easter, after the meal, everyone who’s at the table writes on the tablecloth a few words about what they were thankful for in the past year, then signs it and writes the date. Last year, she didn’t use the Easter tablecloth because Ted (my husband) had […]

If your valentine or loved one has died, Valentine’s Day can be a painful and lonely day—you may be left wondering how to get through it. But it doesn’t have to be a day completely overshadowed with despair and sadness. You can make it a day of remembering, celebrating and honoring your beloved and the […]

One cold morning Maurice awoke from his dreams and sat up in bed and listened. He thought he heard a knock at his window; but though the moon was shining brightly, Jack Frost had been so busily at work that Maurice could not see through the thickly painted panes. So he crept sleepily out of […]

Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past—have them fresh and clean as when they first came […]