“Get busy living…or get busy dying.” ~From The Shawshank Redemption Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Do you feel like Atlas, carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? With all the terrifying and tumultuous world events and financial crises, it’s easy to feel that way. Yes, keeping up with the news these days can be quite upsetting…and heavy. My siblings and I grew up with either radio or TV […]

What happens if you get scared half to death twice? ~Steven Wright Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

I recently attended a family wedding (that of my husband’s first cousin) and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was a beautiful indoor ceremony with a delightful golf course setting…the course and gardens were visible through floor-to-ceiling windows. As I witnessed the blending of two cultures, I was oblivious to the rain falling outside. The food was […]

Henry, Thanks for passing this on: The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with […]

Now that you come to the end of a life…that same life which gave you life…the memory is buried deep in your heart and dwells deep in your soul. A new relationship will continue with that parent – not a physical relationship but one where the parent lives on in your heart. You will continue […]

We really never know exactly when our last goodbye will come with anyone. And when our parents become elderly and frail we may get an alert and have a sense of what’s coming…but we still never know for sure. Before a parent is gone, we understand intellectually that they will die some day. But understanding […]

It has been exactly a year since my father’s death…but it hardly feels that long ago…and yet, it feels like such a long time! A contradiction, I know! Life is different now. With Dad’s passing is the realization that we cannot bring the old days back when we were all together (such wonderful remembrances of […]

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. […]

When you wake up in the morning, take the first 10 to 30 minutes or so to start thinking about what kind of day you would like to experience. What kind of person would you like to be? What would you like to have? How would you like your business day to go? What kind of […]