I started to retell a tale about a co-workers trip to Arkansas last week.  When the story was told to me, I smiled and nodded and chuckled, but didn't think it was hysterically funny, until I started to relate the events to my girlfriends at bridge last night.  This would only work for a roomful of women, I think.  And women of a certain age, for ( Read more... )

The smile is a very important feature of the human face. But because of human intelligence, even that good part of human nature can be used in the wrong way, such as sarcastic smiles or diplomatic smiles, which only serve to create suspicion. I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that ( Read more... )

Those are beautiful words coming from the soft high pitched voice of a 2 year old child.  In all the difficulties we face with the kids moving in, those moments with those sweet little words can really touch your heart.  As a grandma, I have to admit to melting in a puddle at his feet.  Or when little M tenderly held my cheeks in her 2 little hands ( Read more... )