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HEROES IN DALLAS

All was going smoothly on my way to visit my daughter in Mississippi. They announced we were boarding our flight from Dallas to Jackson. The line was moving forward and then it seemed all boarding had suddenly stopped. I saw a gentleman looking out the window at the...

Light trying to break through the clouds

HEALING The abuse keeps flashing back like little shards piercing my soul I lay awake at night wondering if I will ever be whole. The venom in his voice is fresh in my mind And I wonder what poison keeps him from being kind. He saves those morsels for the one who...

Fear not

PLEASE REMEMBER COMPASSION

WHO’S YOUR STARFISH TODAY?

SHINE YOUR LIGHT

BE THE LIGHT

BE A LIGHT!!!! Photo courtesy of Michael Gershe. See his awesome work @Michaelgershe.com  

He doesn’t take people for granite:)

Yes, I know it's spelled granted usually in this context. However, this friend of mine has a granite company. I have known BD since childhood and I can say the person I knew many years ago has not been changed by his success. It has allowed him the opportunity to make...

WILL YOU BE THE ONE THAT DOES SOMETHING?

I BELIEVE I DID GOOD THE OTHER DAY..... I SAW A SITUATION AND JUMPED TO ACTION WITH ALL THE BEST INTENTIONS. I DID NOT THINK ABOUT MYSELF OR THE DANGER I PUT MYSELF IN. Walking out from an outdoor concert venue, I witnessed a man verbally abusing his significant other...

THE POWER OF LOVE

This is a powerful story of love like I have not seen in a long time....maybe not ever outside of a Hollywood movie. It is love between a married couple combined with the love they have for those in their lives. They are the epitome of what I envisioned when I thought...

THOSE DARN CARTS!! IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS…

We all know how difficult those shopping carts can be when we are trying to separate them from each other! I walked into my neighborhood big box store and noticed a couple people having issues getting the carts apart. One was a gentleman and the other was a woman with...

THE GIFT OF LIFE

I met an unassuming gentleman yesterday and the more we spoke the more I realized he was a very special person. It took a couple hours of conversation and my blood donation story for him to divulge that he has donated bone marrow twice. Once, for his father and once...

KICK THE HABIT

As usual, the Holiday Season proved to be a very busy time. During his time I was elated to hear from a friend who sent me a note to thank me for helping him quit smoking 8 months prior. " Thx to you 8 months cigarette free. Good people do good(sometimes amazing)...

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