Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
Today it’s over. NaBloPoMo finishes on this 30th day of November. And all the people in my life rejoice! When I started this blog 2 years ago, the only purpose was to let you know ideas to volunteer in your local community through a little resolution I made. Once 2012 ended, … [Read more...]
The time is here! The turkey is gone and we can officially celebrate what stores have been pushing us toward since September: Christmas Consumerism. Last year, I thought I finally came across the true meaning of the season: This year, I realized how wrong I was. … [Read more...]
This Thanksgiving, while the world comes to the internet to share all for which they’re thankful, I am reminded how lucky I am. Always most thankful for them. So many things - too many things - with which I’ve been blessed. Those I’ve taken for granted. Those for … [Read more...]
Instead of re-enacting Pilgrims and “Indians” with young ones, contact a tribal reservation and ask if they have needs to be met. Instead of gorging yourself with more food than any human should eat in one day, let alone one setting, make 1/2 the menu and donate the rest to a … [Read more...]
My mother handed down to me a Christmas Cactus about 5 years ago. “I could never get it to bloom,” she said. My mother’s thumb is ever-green, so for her to give me this plant was a sure sign she knew its demise grew near. I can’t keep anything belonging in nature alive. I took … [Read more...]