The world can only seem a safe place when we feel safe inside. – Agapi Stassinopoulos “Where And When Did You Last Feel Safe?” was asked recently in a writer’s workshop. Challenged to describe a safe place in a twelve-minute free-form writing exercise, I was pleasantly surprised where I went. I found myself on my […]
Generational Stories Provide A Foundation Of Delight
“It’s important to teach our children their heritage. Who are your ancestors? What were their traditions? Each of us has (generational) stories to tell. If these stories are unwritten, then how are your children going to know of their parentage?” ― Linda Weaver Clarke This time a couple of years ago, I was preparing for […]
A Mother’s Love – A God Gift
“I know that despite whatever stupid thing I do, I’d be able to go to my mom and she’d still love me. I honestly believe that” ― Nellie Christine, RIDE I was about six years of age when my family of five set out from Kansas to Seattle, Washington. The occasion was my Dad’s youngest sister’s […]
What Is Special About An Atlas Drill Press?
Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to – it’s part of its history, part of its aura. – Author: Simon De Pury An Atlas Drill Press is not generally viewed as valuable as jewelry – unless you are a machinist! […]
How To Cultivate Your Inner Garden
“When the Inner Garden is under cultivation and God’s Spirit is present, harvests are regular events. The fruits? Things like courage, hope, love, endurance, joy, and lots of peace.” ― Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World We all have an inner garden, the bible calls it our inner man, made up of our soul and spirit. […]
A Strong Antidote For Disappointment – Thanksgiving
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ― Epicurus Thanksgiving served as our extended maternal family’s reunion gathering as a child. We usually went to the farm where all the traditional comfort food converged from a eight […]
Honoring A Courageous And Loyal Veteran
“The first night in Morotai, the Japanese sent over a bomber on the north end of the island. The next day we went out and dug a deeper foxhole.” – Lt. Joseph F. Cullen, Personal Diary Today we are honoring those who have served in protection of our freedoms. The freedom to choose our leaders, […]
How Rescuing Lost Stories Is A Sacred Rite
“and so it is with God, this is the place where faith comes in. Knowing something is right but not knowing just how it fits together or even maybe even why.” …from The Writings of HANCOCK , Error & Faith There is a sacred rite among Native American people to have a member of the […]
Three Ways Stories Empower And Strengthen
Stories Empower And Strengthen: “What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?” – Orison Swett Marden Stories are everywhere. The earliest records of mankind come in the form of story. Whether you draw from the Genesis narrative, Egyptian hieroglyphs or […]