Over breakfast one Friday morning, a friend and I discussed our children’s immediate need to apologize. While I love a genuine apology, everything I say does not require an “I’m sorry.” Rather than rushing to ask for forgiveness, why not see things through gratitude’s lens? Looking at the world with an honest, grateful heart will ...

I have a box of memoriesTidbits of this and thatThe past of good and badFrom time to time I blow off the dustPulling off the top and digging insideLooking over this and thatSeeingFeelingRememberingHow much have things really changed?For better or for worseLove and lostHere and nowI wanna laugh and cryBut I do neitherTouching the folded ...

“What I would give to have one more day of that year.” A friend recently shared a group photo from almost eight years ago, and a mutual friend commented this sentiment on it. The photo has over a dozen people in it. Most would agree that it was an incredible year, full of fantastic memories. ...