
Special Perspective – guest post by Gini Florer
Today, I'm so thrilled to share something written by my friend Gini Florer. She's been such a sweet encouragement to me and to pretty much anyone who knows her. Ten years ago Sunday, Gini & John's road took a detour, in the most wonderful and uplifting way -...

Detour Driving
Sometimes life happens and the road on which you were so happily traveling takes a detour. Detours, in the form of change, are part of life. And the way we handle them has a huge affect on our outlook. We can either be miserable, frustrated and complainy... or we can...

Required Summer Reading … and other product-pull that can sap joy from the process
It's that time of the summer - at least for homes with school-aged kids. These are the days when we look up and see Summer's end creeping ever closer. (boo-hoo-hoo, sob, sob, sob!!) And I watch my kids try - okay I chide them to - complete their Required Summer...

Photo Strolling Perspective
This morning I got a tiny bit side-tracked. I sat down with my cup of coffee before anyone was awake. And what do you know, but my computer was right at my fingertips. So I opened it. And I remembered something I needed to do. But, I opened iPhoto instead. I'm sure I...

Wisdom Played Out on the World Stage
In the midst of pool sounds, some of which were happy, some of which were fight-y, I sneaked a peek at World Cup action. And in doing so, I unexpectedly had my life-isn't-about-you, it's-best-to-work-together, never-quit sails filled as I did. For a little background,...