I was exhausted. It was eight months after my son died and I had finally completed the painful estate details. I was getting back to work, hanging out here on the porch and feeling relatively sane. That’s..

It seems to me that often how we feel about what is happening in the present moment is not really about what is happening.  Our struggle to be in the moment is often a valiant one because..

“I finally got it all together and then I forgot where I put it.” ~ approximately accurate quote – I forget who said it Have you ever felt that way? Sometimes I feel as if figuring it..

I was reading a post recently and it got me thinking about being normal. I don’t know if I ever have been considered normal, not in my thinking or in my actions and I have a feeling..

What makes a person a success in life? I learned a little about this when I was just nine years old and in the fourth grade. I had a wonderful teacher who joked with us and laughed at herself..

We know that bad things do happen to good people.  So let’s imagine for a moment that we could each remove one “bad thing” from the table of Life. What one Life rule would you make? Would it..

Recently, after looking at all the posts in the Life User’s Manual, Bryan asked me if “… some of the conversations have even changed your perspective on the topics you wrote about.” Yes! The conversations here on the porch have changed..

We’ve talked about happily ever after and now it’s time to talk about the mechanism which led you to one another. Do you believe in destiny? I love hearing stories about how couples meet. My family history..

“I think the most important question facing humanity is “Is the universe a friendly place?’” -Albert Einstein I’ve always been intrigued by this question. Einstein goes on to say that if we feel the universe is unfriendly we..