Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Don’t you just I love it when things fall perfectly into place in your life? Recently I had the most amazing and..

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~Oscar Wilde I read this quote over at Barbara’s place the other day and it, and her whole post, got me thinking…

At breakfast the other day my husband posed an interesting question. He asked, “What would a perfect world look like?” We considered the idea. In a perfect world there would be no birth defects, no injury, no illness,..

Twice this question arose in my life recently. The first time was when I somehow came upon Viktor Frankl’s book: Man’s Search for Meaning; the second time was in church. The priest, who cited Frankl’s book, said..

Carmelo is back with an interesting question for us! You know Carmelo if you’ve been on the porch before – he’s the one who makes sure everyone has a tea or coffee and gets involved in the..

Well, here we are on the other side of the holidays, finding ourselves facing a new year and wondering what it’s all about. Do you feel a little like a cartoon character that emerges with a ‘pop!’..

I used to see a world of absolutes where everything was black and white. It was right or wrong, this way or that way; a world without shades of gray.  I think it was more comfortable to think of..

My mother died seven years ago on the day of the US Thanksgiving. We live in Canada but Mom was American. Her family was just sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner when they received our sad phone call…

If you know me well you’re cringing now and thinking “Oh no!” as my closest friends do when I say “I have an idea!” What? You’re doing that? Aw! The idea was inspired by what’s been happening..