Just a thought… Our job as parents is to teach our kids not to need us. And it hurts, but when you see them as accomplished, confident, kind, thoughtful responsible people, then you know you’ve done your job. [Barack Obama] Before I begin, a huge note of thanks. To you, for sharing your suggestions for
Just a thought… Hopefulness…can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position, it is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. [Nick Cave] Welcome to a new week. I have something in the works that I need to share with you,
Just a thought… Friendship is a wildly underestimated medication. [Anna Deveare Smith] It’s eerily quiet in the condo today. Dottie and Livi are padding around looking for Miss Lisa, and wondering why their cuddles are just down to the regular number again. They may even ask why Mom and Dad’s alarm isn’t going off every
Just a thought… Distance means so little, when someone means so much. [Tom McNeal] Ah, the waning days of July. What a turn the mood of our neighbours to the south took last week…and I confess to feeling swept up in a wave of hope. Add to that the spectacle of the Paris Olympics opener
Just a thought… The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. [Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning] How is it that I forgot the key message I gave in speeches: the quote above from Dr. Viktor Frankl? How could I have let