Everything smelled like roses when I first entered the office this morning. I’m not kidding; the fragrance hit as soon as the first door shut. Yet there are no roses in sight. It’s winter, you know. Although there is plenty of sunshine, we have all cut back our bushes in anticipation of cold weather. By [...]

Sometimes a little change in perspective helps to form a fresh look at things. When you can’t seems to find yourself a different vantage point, you’ve got to get creative. Today, I found there was no better way to change things up than to turn my world upside down?  From here I can clearly see that [...]

I watched the drips of sweat fall one after another from my face and shoulders. They fell to my yoga mat like teardrops falling. They were big, and plentiful, and full of an overflowing of emotions I was ready to be done with. What a night, no what a week it has been. So much [...]

No matter how many times I listen to it, George Strait’s song “The Breath You Take” always makes my eyes well up. I sit here at my desk, listening to my music as I work — and it hits me (for the millionth time): Time simply does not heal the absence of a father in [...]