Stories & reflections
A little encouragement for the everyday. Join me for stories, reflections, and lessons from a resilient heart.
This week’s inspiration comes from a small plaque I have hanging in my writing area, given to me in 1998, the year after my paralysis. Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of…
Read more: When Courage Doesn’t Roar →This week’s inspiration comes from a game that both confounds and inspires—golf—and two men who chose to both play it and learn from it–Arnold Palmer and my father. Dad introduced me to the sport in my teens. I played enough…
Read more: Lessons from Arnold Palmer and My Father →This Thoughtful Thursday is more about comfort than inspiration. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words spoke to me this week: Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. I sure hope so, dear Emerson! As those…
Read more: Book Covers, Trust, and Checking the Box →This week’s inspiration comes via happiness expert, Gretchen Rubin, from her five-year journal, The Happiness Project. “Novelty is stimulating and valuable. However, the pleasure of doing a thing in the same way, at the same time, every day,…
Read more: A New Habit, Just for Laughs →This week’s inspiration comes from my sister, Rachel, whose wise words are helping me through my latest challenge in the publishing process: my book cover. Sometimes I’m not very good at making decisions. Why? Many reasons, but here…
Read more: On Decision-Making and Book Covers →We made it. After a quick trip to the doctor’s office as we headed out of town, my body magically responded to some new medications and behaved. Finally, after a two-year hiatus, my far-flung family resumed our annual…
Read more: Vacation Discovery – When Expectations Help →It’s here, it’s finally here! It’s time for my family vacation, the one I’ve looked forward to for almost two years. Grandbaby Blakely Faye’s debut took priority last year, but we are back on track. If I’m lucky…
Read more: The Perils of Vacation Anticipation →It’s been a tricky week, complete with my paralyzed parts still misbehaving and a new health setback that kept me in bed most of the last seven days. Yet, life kept moving, including a wonderful new opportunity for…
Read more: Restoring Enthusiasm →
