How to Persist in Kindness while Living in a Culture of Meanness

As we got out of our car last weekend to go to a new tumbling class (which both kids refused to do - but that's another story), the woman in the car in front of us came over and said, "I'm random acts of kindness-ing you" and handed me a parking meter stub to put …

Finding the Light of the Sun

One more day.  Just today.  That's all we have.  This 24 hours will be gone before we know it and what will we have done? That damn sun comes out every morning.  We may not see it, but it's still there.  It sounds trite and cliche, but it's a fact.   No matter what is …

2016 Was a Flaming Pile of Garbage – For This I am Thankful

I can't seem to form much in the way of a hopeful end of the year post.  2016 can hit the road and take with it all the awful shit it brought our way.  As god awful as this year has been, I'm also thankful for all the hard work, all the hope, all the …