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With Remembrance Day approaching, let’s take a journey back in time to WW1: “July 3, 1916 Hello Princess [Miss Ada McGuire], Your last letter and paper received. A paper here is very much appreciated. We are doing well on this front. The 16th have been in the Reserve trenches for quite a while. I was […]
Posted at: November 8th, 2008 - 6:40 am - Number of Comments » 0
My heart, my thoughts and my prayers go out to Brandon Crisp’s family and friends…and to everyone who was involved in the search for him. (Brandon was the fifteen-year-old Canadian boy who took off from his home three and a half weeks ago…and disappeared.) There had been no trace of his whereabouts…that is until his […]
Posted at: November 7th, 2008 - 7:21 am - Number of Comments » 0
Last night as I watched my eleven-year-old son going through the fluid moves of the basic techniques in Butokukan karate, a sport he recently adopted (with an “I love it Mom!” enthusiasm), I was pleased to see the class finish (and start) with a short meditation—as far as I could tell, his eyes were closed […]
Posted at: November 6th, 2008 - 7:11 am - Number of Comments » 0
The ability to “breathe with awareness” is a great tool to have on your healing journey—it helps relax your mind and body. Set aside five minutes at the end of your day, for the practice of breathing. Begin by repeating the following phrase silently, five times, slowly: “In every breath, there is life; in every […]
Posted at: November 5th, 2008 - 7:13 am - Number of Comments » 0
To get to a different place in life, you have to take a different road. And the road we choose to travel is different for all of us. On our journey we each take differing amounts of time along the way for the things we need to do. (We all make different stops along the […]
Posted at: November 4th, 2008 - 7:07 am - Number of Comments » 0
A little humor can go a long way: “Stressed” is just “desserts” spelled backwards. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 - 6:48 am - Number of Comments » 0
It’s not a secret…nearly 20 percent of U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression. And according to one study, only slightly more than half of them sought treatment. There can be many triggers…like crowded malls: “You get used to scanning what everybody’s doing. Your brain just starts […]
Posted at: November 2nd, 2008 - 8:05 am - Number of Comments » 1
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows […]
Posted at: November 1st, 2008 - 8:11 am - Number of Comments » 0