Blessing others…with a smile

At the end of my run yesterday, I noticed a butterfly in my neighbor's driveway. I put my hand close to its front legs, and it crawled onto my finger. As I walked home, I kept thinking it was going to fly away, but it didn't, so when I got back to our house, I…

best friends

For many years, I was friends with a woman who was funny, smart and interesting. She was also extremely critical.  I never quite knew when this critical part of her would come out. It might be after having a nice lunch, or talk on the phone, but several days later, I'd receive a letter or…

The “what ifs”

I went to be Wed. night saying to myself (over and over like a mantra), "The perfect place for us will present itself and it will be even better than I can imagine. I am getting excited to see how this unfolds!". I got up early Thursday morning, checked my emails to see if any…