Back in the 1980s, when drug use in America was quite high, there was a famous PSA released to combat this epidemic. It features a man holding an egg in a kitchen near a frying pan. The egg, he says, is our brain, while the frying pan represents drugs. He then cracks...
How do you answer that question? Are the holidays a time of rejoicing, gratitude, and giving? Or, are they a time of pressure, stress, and expectations? The holiday season provides a break, a distraction, from the rhythm of life. That break can...
When I was a kid, I was both fascinated and intimidated by the giant steel arch-shaped swings that every amusement park seemed to have in the 1990’s. Part of that fascination had to do with how fun and how scary the ride looked. But part of it had to do with the...
How do you answer that question? Are the holidays a time of rejoicing, gratitude, and giving? Or, are they a time of pressure, stress, and expectations? The holiday season provides a break, a distraction, from the rhythm of life. That break can...
“It will be the happiest time in your life.” “You will feel nothing but unconditional love.” “Don’t worry, being a mother will just come naturally.” These are very common phrases that moms-to-be often hear as they near the birth of their baby. Although these comments...
Earlier this week, my one year-old daughter was playing with a toy on the bed. I watched her pick up the toy, throw it off the bed onto the floor, and then in an attempt to retrieve the toy, dive headlong after it over the side of the bed. Totally unafraid of the fall...
