When Your Old Life Returns a New Life Begins

Dreams of old herald changes on the horizon The smell of fall after a cool morning rain is an unmatched scent. It’s this time, this season, which holds the scent of life changing. Leaves morph in color and texture, changing from brilliant green to red, yellow, amber, crimson and brown. They curl and flap, clacking […]

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It’s Time to Beware of Cultural Tribalism

Where your allegiance is, your behavior will follow As I stand in my yard in the morning, my bare feet pressing against the leaf riddled ground of mid-November, I’m entranced by the warm-cool wind as it glides over my face. It’s scent offering a petrichor of a time long passed. It is within these small […]

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Try Living a Life Without Adversity… I’ll Wait

True growth is found along the rocky path. If someone asked you to paint a picture of your life, how would your composition look? Would it be full of color, of life, sound, with beautifully accented margins? Or would it be dull, gray, scrawled with deep strokes of coarse charcoal? The truth is, most of […]

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Falling Along the Pathway to Home

Where is home? For some of us, for we who’ve moved about all our lives, this isn’t the easiest question to answer. For others, you don’t even have to think on it too long. Home is where you grew up, it’s where your parents raised you. Maybe it’s a family home. Perhaps it’s a place, […]

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