But best of all, Mom was a Loving Listener — not just to me, but to countless friends.
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A Long Earthly Journey, Completed
Tagged with: connections, Death, Earthly Journey, Mother, Mother/Daughter connections
Posted in appreciation, connecting, LOVE, Mothers, relationships, Transitions, web of life
Posted in appreciation, connecting, LOVE, Mothers, relationships, Transitions, web of life
Three Father’s Day Gifts
Actually, that Secret Key is a gift I’d love to give to all men. It seems that our Western Culture is a bit weak on Warm Emotional Encouragement. It’s a mystery to me why people think logic and reason are going to be useful levers in changing behavior.
Tagged with: Fathers, Fathers Day, gifts, goals, jogging, loving encouragement, marathons, Nonverbal communication, positive tone of voice
Posted in Books, connecting, Families, Marathons, relationships
Posted in Books, connecting, Families, Marathons, relationships
My Crossing the Finish Line is Just the Beginning
And the idea of giving love gifts — making deposits in each other’s Love Bank Account — has been particularly useful for Kit and me.
Tagged with: Fitness, love gifts, Running, self-discipline
Posted in Giving, LOVE, Motivation, relationships
Posted in Giving, LOVE, Motivation, relationships
Organizing my Being — the Female Way
And I feel as if June is helping me Organize my Being — just as my Professional Organizer is helping me organize my home. Organize my Being? Yes, that is the phrase that popped into my mind and it feels right.
Lighting the Night . . . Waves of Change
People gathering together to talk and think can have a “tinder-like” quality.
Kit flies off to give Focused Positive Attention to our Daughters
the smile and warm approval that flowed out from the checker was amazing! It was a beautiful example of focused positive attention!
Character — Doing the Right Thing
Good Morning, God! I want to get this blog out early to share this great story. Sara Tucholsky was a senior playing softball for Western Oregon. She’s only 5’2″ and she’d never hit a home run. But she did hit…
Respecting Others: The CORE of Good Manners
Good Morning, God! A friend loaned me the book, Essential Manners for Couples, by Peter Post (yes, the great grandson of The Emily Post.) Actually, it was more like an “assignment,” so I have been dutifully chugging along, about one…
On Being Between — Honolulu and Boston
Good Whenever, God! I am HAPPILY still IN BETWEEN Honolulu and Boston — My Body is in Boston — and it is slowly “gathering” the rest of me. This is a NEW experience, God. Normally, I “Soldier On” following along…
Dining in Little Tehran with my Daugher
Good Morning, God! It was Goodbye Tucson and Hello Little Tehran — or Tehrangeles as the hub of the half million Iranians in Los Angeles is called. Suz and I picked the Flame Restaurant and asked for the table set…
A Moment with God 