Gratitude is defined as the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful. The power of gratitude makes wonders in your own life and the power of Thanksgiving can have a huge effect on the people around you. I believe that children learn what they live and that everyone around them serves as a role model …
I know without a doubt that our prayers are indeed heard and answered. I know we are given so many blessings and so much joy, yet sometimes adversity shows up. Okay, maybe quite often. It helps to see the big picture and to have an eternal perspective. This anonymous poem really inspired me because it …
My children’s birthday celebrations are also the celebration of my birth as a mother. I believe parenting is a lifelong journey. The course changes with every day, month, or year that gets added to your children’s lives. The first two weeks before the check-up, the first couple months and vaccines, the first year with feeding, …
Sometimes no matter how good, how kind, how giving, how sacrificing, and how loyal a friend you are, people will, at times, be: mean, ungrateful, distrusting, and easy to judge. All they will ever be to you is an opportunity for you to share your gifts with them and hope it one day inspires them …
Becoming a mom has been the best thing to happen to me. Suddenly, I had to become a better me…for them. For as long as I can remember, I knew God has made me a visionary. I always saw beyond my circumstances and knew I could be more. I guess I just never knew I …
In my hometown, when I was growing up, the carnival came once a year. It was quite an event I was terrified of roller coasters and completely scared of heights. One time, a relative of mine pretty much forced me to get on the Ferris wheel. I screamed so hard they had to stop it. …
The song Hero, by Mariah Carey, brings back fond childhood memories to both my brother and me. It is one of our all-time favorite songs. The message is self-explanatory: there is a hero inside all of us. I believe in our divine nature and our innate power to love and create. The song starts with …
I wasn’t raised in the U.S., but because I was fortunate to be able to stay home with the girls during their first year of life , I was able to get acquainted with the “kid culture” and become a fun mom! I watched a lot of PBS Kids: Sesame Street (which I knew as …
Not so recently, I gave up on texting. I thought it would be a hard decision. As it turned out, giving up on dairy was a lot harder. Well, perhaps because dairy has been around longer: the first text message (SMS) was sent in 1992! Texting is the number 2 use of mobile phones. (Number …
This weekend has been incredibly transformational for me. I went to a workshop about understanding and celebrating men. [ Yes, you heard me right. ] I am thankful for the clarity I received. “TRUTH is LIGHT.” We studied men a lot. At the final stretch of the event, they brought 4 random men of different ages and …