Contemplating that my attitude upon waking can determine the outcome of my day…has been such a beautiful gift to me.  It has given me the power to influence my mood every day by the thoughts I entertain each morning. Now I begin each day by repeating, “This is the best day of my life, ever.” […]

Thanks for bringing the following story to my attention, Dwight. Jeremy was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been slowly killing him all his young life. Still his parents had tried to give him as normal a life as possible and had sent him to St. […]

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” ~William James Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips […]

I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes.  I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed […]

“Worry and stress affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects heart action.” ~Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Thanks for sending this to me Melissa: “This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.  There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.  Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.  Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.  Somebody got angry about […]

“We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted…Each of us contains within us…this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.” ~Edward Sellner Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips […]

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ~Buddha Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend […]

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~Martin Luther King Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James