May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.                                 May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be [...]

“What’s This?” Tim Burton A few years ago, my family and I attended our nephew’s wedding in Portland.  The following day we went site seeing.  I found myself traveling through the Columbia River Gorge!   I was simply enthralled and amazed by what I was experiencing.  Not only was it one of the most beautiful places I [...]

Defying Gravity from “Wicked” There comes a time when you can no longer stifle the dreams and imaginings that have built up inside.  Your body has been giving you clues everyday.  Your astonishing  emotions are guiding with utter precision.  Even your mind gets-in-on communicating your inner desires. At first, you don’t know what is happening.  [...]

It’s so easy to look at another person and compare what they are doing with what I am doing, isn’t it?  In the past, I would often compare another’s actions, story and essence with myself…. and guess who usually came up on the short end of the stick?  Me!  “They do this so well” and “they [...]

“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. God dared to imagine everything.”  Henry Miller “Imagination is the voice of daring”….    When we were young, we spent our days imagining, dreaming, living a wonder-filled life of “what if”s.  We imagined ourselves to be anything.  Remember? My imagination came [...]

Allan Sherman’s Camp Granada Welcome to Camp Granada, where believing is seeing! The lake has alligators, the head coach reads from something called Ulysses, my bunk mate has malaria(!) and I might be eaten by a bear!  I HATE IT HERE AND I’M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU (AND ME) WITH EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP! [...]

So here I am, on the edge, willing to jump into a new adventure – one that I’ve wanted for many years.  Ok, I’m ready to do it.  I’m jittery, yet determined.  Ok, I know I can do this.  Perhaps I need to think this through a while longer.  Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow.  My [...]

4 quadruplet babies laughing   Today’s “Leaping” Exercise: Smiling, Laughing Giggling – is there anything better?  Remember the last time you laughed so hard or smiled so broadly that time just stopped and you were totally “in the moment”?   So often, we feel the need to be so “grown up” we don’t even recognize laughable [...]

Bold:    adjective,-er, -est. not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero. not hesitating to break the rules of propriety; forward; impudent: He apologized for being so bold as to speak to the emperor. necessitating courage and daring; challenging: a bold adventure. beyond the [...]

 There is more…. There is more… There is more… There is more… There is more…. There is more… There is more… Today’s “leaping excercise”:  Gift yourself 10-15 minutes alone.  Slowly speak the  words written above.  Let yourself be absorbed by them.  Notice the feelings they stir within.  Your mind will have opinions about this also;  [...]