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  • Is it Ever Too Late to Honor Our Loved Ones?

    It’s been a few years since a loved one passed away, and with each year that goes by they become more distant from our present life.  It’s not that we don’t want to remember them.  We do.  It’s just that finding a way to do that can be difficult without being sad, or morbid, or […]

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  • Matters of the Heart

    There are certain things we often talk or hear about in our culture.  Take cancer for instance; almost everyone knows someone who has had cancer in the past, or is battling it now.  It can be scary.  And the media tends to perpetuate the fear even more, especially for women. It’s no wonder that American women […]

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  • Trusting our Intuition

    Have you ever passed someone on the street, or in a store, and something in you responds to their presence without  consciously thinking about it?  If the person makes you uncomfortable, you might pull your coat more tightly around you, or move a purse or wallet to the protective side of your body.  In some cases […]

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  • Learning to Live: Life lessons of the dying

    Bronnie Wares was a palliative care nurse for many years, taking care of the dying in their homes.  The precious days and weeks she spent with these patients taught her many valuable life lessons, and provided her with a wealth of insights—not about dying, but about living.  As her patients faced their mortality, Bronnie would […]

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  • Looking Good!

    Have you ever watched a child play dress-up? A high-spirited little girl becomes an elegant princess when she’s wearing a fancy dress and rhinestone tiara.  With a cowboy hat and some boots a shy little boy is transformed into a tough-talking sheriff.  What happens to kids when they play dress-up? They’re empowered by a simple […]

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  • From Victim to Victor

    One reason we love providing you with informative, inspirational, or even humorous blogs is that we get to have conversations about topics that matter in our day-to-day lives; things we might not otherwise talk about.  We dialogue on a wide variety of issues from how to work through family conflicts, to the health benefits of […]

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  • No Messing Around, It’s Spring!

    Congratulations!  We did it! We’ve made it through one of the worst winters in decades, and at long last the temperatures are rising, the sun is shining, and the grass is turning green.   Life always looks a little brighter in spring.  But before we can bask in the sunshine there are few things we need […]

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  • The Coming of Age

    We move through life at warp speed these days.  Everything is fast—fast—fast, and our patience for anything slow seems to be dwindling. We get impatient waiting for the microwave to warm our food, when the line at the grocery store has more than one person in it, or while waiting for a pedestrian walking too […]

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  • Life Is Like A Cell Phone

    When cell phones first became available on the public market, society quickly embraced the new luxury/convenience item.  Some of the original models were the size of footballs, or were so clunky they had to be carried in a bag.  Yet consumers wanted them and purchased them in droves.  Year after year the demand for cell […]

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  • The Story of Adreian Payne: An inspirational story of life after loss

    Stories of life, love, loss, and inspiration are often found in the places we least expect.  One such story comes from the world of college basketball, and whether you’re a fan of the sport (or not), you surely will be a fan of the story of Adreian Payne.   Adreian was born in Dayton, Ohio.  His […]

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