You may be wondering what the title means—I certainly wondered about the meaning of these three words when I first heard them strung together.  In short, these words can be used as reminders to check in with yourself to determine if your life is in balance.  Before I describe this practice, I will give you [...]

Susan Boyle has become famous overnight.  And what is so special about that?  Susan is a contestant in the Britain’s Got Talent show and when she appeared on the first round it is probably true to say that she was the not exactly what the audience and the panel expected.  If you haven’t already watched [...]

As a parent of three children (now adults) I am very aware of the mistakes I made while raising the family.  Plus I am certain I made mistakes that I’m not aware of.  Oh yes, I made mistakes!  Thus when I became a new grandparent I was determined to be very careful of my interactions [...]

 
Last week my husband and I, along with another married couple, visited the Dominican Republic, mainly the city of Santo Domingo.  The purpose of the trip was for the guys to revisit the place where they lived and patrolled in 1966 when they were young military police in the army.  Both had been drafted so [...]

The fascination of having a new grandchild in the family has had me thinking about how much we change our expectations of ourselves as we get older. 
We are all marveling at the developments day on day of baby Camille.  The fact that she can focus on her own hand is the subject of comment and [...]