Wise words: In conversation a person said to me in a very thoughtful way, “I’m starting to see friendship differently. It is about being there and doing for others.” Indeed, friendship is defined by our willingness to “lay down our lives”...
A friend used the phrase “sister-friend” in recent correspondence. It reminded me how my middle granddaughter called her big sister her “sister-friend” when she was 3, such a sweet endearing title that has continued to reflect their closeness...
I visit twice a week with a frail, elderly, declining widow who still lives in her own place alone. From what I observe, her days are all becoming a bland repeat of one another. Same routine, same entertainment, same preferred food, same conversations, same tiny...
Did you know that 2020 is the Year of the Turtle? May 23 has been being celebrated as Turtle Day since 2000 as a way of bringing awareness to conservation of all kinds of turtles. In Florida we are especially blessed to have a diverse population of various species!...
What’s in a name? To call one by his or her name is a gift. It reveals a condition of familiarity, of knowing, of caring, of being in relationship with another. Our name is important to us. To have our name called by another means that we have value to others,...
Praying tonight for a friend and for her friend with whom she has been praying and journeying through a difficult time this past week. Everyone needs the kind of friend who can and will drop everything to be there when her friend needs her, and whose family and...
