Just be You – what a wonderful message! In a world where there’s so much noise and only 24 hours a day, sometimes a simple reminder is easier to absorb. As I juggle with an overwhelming schedule that consists of a million things that, at the end of the day, make…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Procrastination. Who hasn’t experienced it? Happily, for those of us who felt that sheepish twinge of guilt, procrastination does not equal lazy. Ask my Mom. She always teased me about how the eleventh hour or the last minute was my favorite moment. Strangely, to this day, when I delay doing something,…
What better way to welcome the New Year than with gratitude for all that we’ve got and gratitude for all that we’re about to receive, because receive we will! Gratitude = Happiness My gratitude lists grow as I stretch my soul with the Gratitude Circle – an activity on the 4th Thursday of every month when we…
Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink. That is the finest of suppers, I think; when I’m grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these. – Christopher Morley, author, journalist I remember as a child, my biggest fantasy was to eat an entire pack…
Christmas is a wonderful time to reflect on the year gone by and the coming year. It is a time for aspirations and the desire to live better and love better. Some of us make resolutions (I know I do)…some of us don’t. But all of us are united in one thing –…
Dear Coffee, Good things happen when we get together. Remember how we met? Oh, I know you’ve ruled our family from the beginning of time – but I am talking about how you and I met. The year was 1979. It was March and I was busy studying for my Grade…
I know gaming often receives a bad rap, usually because those who enjoy it are so engrossed in it that they forget human interaction. But it needn’t be that way. Modern gaming and social interaction can actually go hand in hand. Some time back I wrote about how we enjoy Bingo…