Planting Roses! August 22, 2026 On November 29, 1963, exactly one week after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, she prepared to walk out of… Read more
Compassion Is More Than Kindness! August 21, 2026 Being compassionate involves more than kindness. It is the passion to develop strategies and structures to lift up those who are… Read more
The Extraordinary Within the Ordinary! August 20, 2026 For years, Lhakpa Sherpa lived a life that gave little hint she was one of the greatest mountaineers in history.… Read more
I Know Who She Is! August 19, 2026 He is 85 and insists on taking his wife’s hand everywhere they go. When he was asked why his wife… Read more
Plant a Seed! August 18, 2026 This random guy walked up to me while I was at the mall with my grand baby sitting at the… Read more
Ask Three Questions! August 17, 2026 ASK THREE QUESTIONS Ask three questions to see what’s inside:What makes you laugh, with nothing to hide?What makes you angry,… Read more
Warts and All!! August 16, 2026 When Oliver Cromwell in 1764 was about to have his portrait painted, he coined the famous expression: “Paint me, warts… Read more
Papal Miter Madness! August 15, 2026 During Pope Hat Night at Rate Field (White Sox Park) on Tuesday, August 11th, the Chicago White Sox distributed 40,000 custom papal miters adorned… Read more
An Expense Problem! August 14, 2026 I make fifty-five thousand dollars a year. On paper, that sounds grown up. Respectable. The kind of number your high… Read more
Picking Up the Pieces! August 13, 2026 A stranger stopped me in the Walmart parking lot last Tuesday and I have not stopped crying since. I was… Read more
Leaving the Nursing Home! August 12, 2026 In 1974, a twenty-three-year-old man named Dan Jury made a decision that went against everything expected of someone his age.… Read more
My Dog Is in Heaven! August 11, 2026 Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and… Read more
