Miracle Moments

A root canal is calling. Joy to the world! It's my own doing for dissing the pain. I felt a little sensitivity a couple of weeks ago-but ignored the warning, while zeroing in on everyone else's needs. My usual line of defense-- which eventually puts me on the offense...fighting an infection or feeling or frustration. That's why it's important to take care of numero uno. If you don't take care of yourself the first time, you'll have to work twice as hard at it the second, third or fourth go round. You can't avoid you-no matter how hard you try. Especially when there's a big brew of boys or girls or both-counting on you to be there-for them when they need you the most. So take care of yourself--It's the one lesson I think I have begun to ace-and then wham-decay sets in, the nerves explode and the poisonous pain pours through the head searing our sanity and sapping all of our strength. A little TLC for oneself-is a whole lot better than trying to put hu...

No matter what challenges come your way. Always remember you are Loved." Seeds of encouragement. Someone, somewhere out there-Loves you. I know God does. So it's never as bad as it seems-even though it seems to go badly an awful lot. I listened tonight to some great ladies who have overcome amazing obstacles and risen to the challenge of living and Loving despite it all. It's empowering to hear the gals give of themselves so that others may get something they need, just when they need it the most. That's real Love. Letting people in...letting them listen to the real you-and giving them the best and the worst all at once-because that's what they need the most...and it will make the most difference in their lives. The changing of the guards from one woman to the next...an evolving mystery of womanhood that comes as naturally as childbirth...but sometimes with as much pain and painstaking effort. I laughed at their stories...felt inspired by their honesty and found gr...

Many moons ago a desperate doctor stumbled upon the solution to treating the disease of alcoholism...after working with another doctor who happened to be the patient from hell. In fact, it had to be an act of God that inspired the good doctor with the wisdom to wade through the cesspool of addiction until he came to the miracle solution that saved lives and sent souls soaring to serenity. I can't imagine the euphoria the early pioneers felt, when one person at a time--put down the pints and the pills and picked up the chips that celebrate the recovery process one day at a time. It must have seemed nothing short of-miraculous. The success of the 12 step program is powerful proof that the power of the person is pristine perfection-when the real power-their higher power-is put into place. It is also the only universal program I know of-that predisposes a person to becoming the best version of themselves-even when they've become the exact opposite. Ironically-there are no gimmicks ...

"Learn to trust what you know." -Seeds of Encouragement I know God. I trust God...And that's enough for me. When the days run together and the hope is weakened by the weariness...I trust in the God that I know...and that's enough for me-to get me through the not knowing that always precedes the first step. When you really know God...deep within your core...that knowing that cannot be fully identified, fuels the trust that tells us to hang on a little tighter and a whole lot longer than we might have otherwise done-if we were out on a limb-all by our lonesomes. So-if you come to know God--you will come to know trust-and you will trust in the light of a God that inspires the fullness of truth in every circumstance, decision and challenge that you may face from this day forward. Trust me-I know this from experience. God, knowledge, trust...the circle of life.

I looked at my two youngest kids this week and said, "Something terrible happened!" Wide eyed they asked, "What?" "I started my period!"...Zack hugged me--and Jake brightened up saying with a smile, "Maybe you'll be in the Guinness Book of World Records!" How's that for a backhanded complement?! "Oh well," I sighed. I'm usually like clockwork, but I missed a couple of months and so I thought it's adios--bye bye now-the dawn of a new age--older age setting in. Today in the car I laughingly share this lovely tale with two more of my brilliant boys...Ben and and my comedian Mac-who true to form is going to have some fun with this. "Isn't that better than getting hot flashes?" Mac laughs--"Or better yet," he cracks... "Maybe you'll have another child...a brand new beginning for you!" "Yes-me and divine intervention" I quipped. Ben just listened, concentrating on the impo...

Sometimes I forget-that sometimes-people are used by a force greater than themselves to say hurtful things...And so I get my feelings hurt. I was talking about it with a wise woman today...wondering when I will ever learn-to let it roll off my psyche...and she replied, "Ephesians 6"...I said, "I should know better by now." "Ephesians 6," she replied again. "It shouldn't matter so much anymore," I continued. "Ephesians 6," she repeated firmly. Bible scholar that I am-not-I asked, "What is Ephesians 6?" "Put on your armour," she said, "And always stand ready." I know she's right and that's really the bottom line...because very few people deliberately try to hurt people-just because. Most of the time an ugly, unrelenting force-forces its way in between two people...preying on all the petty problems that put a wedge between them. That force seeks to stir up a messy mindset to keep the home fire...

I received an e mail this week from someone I used to be very close to...and it warmed my heart. We hadn't connected in years-divided by distance and time and tumultuous circumstances. But just that quickly, one heartfelt e mail and the great divide dissolves...into an extraordinary new beginning. Reaching out-and touching someone is the stuff of heaven. A warm embrace, a Loving touch, a gentle kiss-feelings in harmony...that fill us with eternal truth...the power and purpose of everlasting Love. There is no greater gift than the gift of Love...pure and simple, Love has the power to revive a slumbering soul and energize a hurting heart. Authentic Love gives the living the latitude to reach for the stars even when the twinkle is gone and the sky looks dark and stormy. Love is the one source of energy and light, that most closely resembles the only power from which all life is born and to which all life is headed...and it is the only four letter word that has found universal accep...