Which is more important to you, honesty or loyalty? I think this is a trick question. Is it possible to have one without the other? I’m not sure I actually know the answer to this question, but I do know that above anything else, I expect both from those closest to me. If I’ve allowed…

You know what’s crazy? Any single one of us is able to be a parent. No one prepares us for what that actually means. You are committing the rest of your life to worry, fear, anxiety, love…..oh a love that can’t be described…..joy, excitement, pride. Seriously, it’s a rollercoaster of emotions daily. Heck, sometimes a…

Money……can’t live without it, but can you be happy without it? Seems everyone wishes to be rich. We envy those who display their riches. We make assumptions about how fabulously their lives are lived. Yep, they have all the money in the world to buy whatever they want and travel on a whim. Question is,…

It’s funny. In life, they say expect the unexpected. I don’t know about you, but I rather like predictability. Well, most of the time. Don’t get me wrong. There are so many moments where I love surprises…….but those rarely occur in my life. Honestly, now that I’m typing those words, I realize they aren’t actually…

We live in a society where being proud of oneself comes off as being conceited or cocky. Why is that? Shouldn’t we be proud when hard work, perseverance, and faith come together to achieve something? I believe so. So much of our time is spent working through challenges and combating the negative feelings that surround…

Sometimes in life, we experience unexpected joy. In fact, I would say that the unexpected moments are the most precious. Of course, you do have to be someone who is able to let go of the plan you have in order to embrace the unexpected. I’ve learned to do just that. It hasn’t been a…

Tonight, I was sitting at a round table with three couples. Not just three couples, but six people whom I greatly admire and respect. Each couple has been married over twenty years….one near thirty. As I watched them, I noticed a few things. I watched the husbands watching their wives as they described stories from…

In life, we sometimes forget to appreciate the small happy things that occur. We become so consumed with the grind of daily living that we often forget to stop and smell the roses. Among many many happy moments last weekend, I also found several small happy moments. Yesterday, I was in the mountains walking in…

What is a Godly quality? Really……what is it? Is it a Godly quality to be upset about a situation? Is it a Godly quality to pretend to be ok when you’re not? Is it a Godly quality to envy others? I’m thinking not to all of the above. But is it “un”Godly to be upset…

Have you ever felt as though you’re plagued with a dark cloud that follows wherever you go? That is how I feel quite often. It’s like if something weird or unexpected were going to happen, it would happen to me. I’m not saying this to garner pity. It’s just true. I’ve come to terms with…