Tucked away in my kitchen cabinet are broken things—a ceramic boy with a cello, a favorite china Santa Claus from my childhood, two decapitated figurines, other assorted bits and pieces, as well as the cracked pottery basket that houses them. While my intentions are good to restore these pieces to wholeness with glue and a […]

With Thanksgiving behind us and the flurry of Christmas activity upon us, it’s not unusual for thankfulness to fade from our attention. But the focus on gratefulness doesn’t have to be short-lived. By cultivating an everyday gratitude mindset, you refine and redefine your outlook, not just in November, but throughout the year. An attitude of […]

Increasingly, Thanksgiving is the forgotten holiday. Sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas and largely ignored by merchants, Thanksgiving is probably more associated with family gatherings, a big spread of food, and Black Friday shopping strategy than it is with gratitude. But gratitude really ought to be an attitude of our hearts all the time, not just […]

I recently heard a woman complaining about how much she dislikes the early darkness in the evenings now that we’re no longer on daylight saving time. Amid her whining, she seemed unaware that we traded extended light in the evenings for sunlight earlier in the mornings. Our world is full of darkness, not the kind […]

In less than a week, an ISIS zealot drove a truck onto a bicycle path in New York City, killing 8, and a man, who received a bad conduct discharge from the military and served a year in confinement, entered a church and unloaded automatic weapons on the congregation, killing 26, plus an unborn child. […]

*Today marks one year of Forward Motion blog posts. Thank you for following, reading, commenting, sharing, and tweeting! Last week, I got an email promoting a book about the magic of vibrations and the acts and mindsets that increase your frequency. Usually, this type of email gets an automatic hit of the delete button, but […]

Earlier this week, the sky darkened and wind-whipped branches slammed into each other as leaves cascaded to the ground. Rain poured with ever-increasing force. While I knew rain was in the forecast, I was surprised to hear emergency sirens blast. Then a tornado warning text appeared on my phone. While we experienced high winds and […]

Most of last week, I was down for the count with an upper respiratory illness that had more symptoms than I care to list and left me feeling like a wet piece of laundry on the spin cycle. There were days when I considered taking a shower an accomplishment and gave myself brownie points if […]

If you’ve ever watched a tightrope walker on a highwire, you’ve probably experienced simultaneous feelings of anxiety and hope. Although you know practice and repetition will probably ensure safe passage to the little platform on the opposite end of the rope, there is still concern that all may not go as planned. Many tightrope walkers […]

This week a much-anticipated event came to fruition. My daughter gave birth to a sweet little man. His arrival happened a little sooner than expected, but he came in God’s perfect plan and timing. The sweetness of tiny hands and feet, silky smooth skin, perfect little nose, tiny sighs, and squinty eyes peeking at his […]