I'm not a patient person. I cannot say for sure if this is part of my make-up or a result of living in a family where time was constantly of the essence ( Read more... )

I read a beautiful sentence this week in a book. It was talking about memories and how time is more destructive to memories than a house fire because until a fire that destroys the memories in an instant, time allows part of the memory to remain and other parts to slowly fade into darkness ( Read more... )

I love watching "The Dog Whisperer". One of the things that resonates with me the strongest is the idea that dogs live in the moment. Cesar Milan always tells dog owners that their pets do not remember yesterday, two hours ago or ten minutes ago. They are not worried about tomorrow ( Read more... )

Our lives are broken up in segments: decades, years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. If you add all of these up, you have a lifetime of challenges, triumphs, joys, sorrows, missed opportunities and new discoveries ( Read more... )

Fourteen years ago today I got married ( Read more... )

It seems that wherever kids are and fun is to be had, there is a constant cry of "five more minutes"! Five more minutes in the pool, five more minutes watching television, five more minutes to play the video game ( Read more... )

I've often wondered what I would tell myself if I were able to go back in time. On the one hand, I would like to think that I would listen to myself and realize the value of making better choices. On the other, I know how stubborn I can be, and even if I were the one giving advice to myself, I don't know that I would listen ( Read more... )

As a child, time literally seemed to stand still. I can remember summer vacations lasting FOREVER and the distance between birthdays seemingly endless ( Read more... )

There is an elderly couple of my neighborhood that has a Vespa scooter. The man drives the scooter and his wife hugs him tightly from behind. They are both wearing helmets, and don't seem to realize how unique they are. If you were to see them zippping along, you would see a smile on both of their faces. The love they have for each other and their ( Read more... )