Since arriving home after my recent Florida vacation, I’ve talked a lot about sharks. That’s because I was surprised I encountered any! —Never in a million years would I have thought it would be a possibility…for me to snorkel over one AND, on a separate occasion, have my children see, not one, but, TWO in […]

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Tampa, Florida, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. When the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found a poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to […]

“The most important decision we ever make is whether we believe we live in a friendly universe or a hostile universe.” ~Albert Einstein. It seems pretty hard to settle Einstein’s question with absolute finality, in an intellectual sense, but I can think of it as how I decide to view the universe depends on me—my […]

A blip from the past:…Susan was driving and it hit me—I was experiencing what others who lose loved ones do. My sister, Cindy James, was dead but people were still going about their lives…some going to work and stopping to pick up coffee and donuts on the way, some getting ready for the rest of […]

If you haven’t seen this last lecture, by Randy Pausch, take 10 minutes and watch it now…your life won’t be the same!

Before I continue to share more changes you can expect in a dying loved one, let me just say that when moments are quickly disappearing, a gift the dying make to the living is, “Enjoy the moment.” Yes, never is it more apparent to us that we must enjoy the time we have (the time […]

Once upon a time, there was a seed and because it was only a seed, nobody cared to notice it. Thus, gripped by a sense of inferiority, the seed gave no importance to his existence. Then one day, a wind picked him up – randomly or otherwise he didn’t know – and threw him mercilessly […]

What would you do? You make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line…there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten […]

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly […]

“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Time proved that the […]