Tag Archive | Thoughts

Happy Independence Day Land of the Free because of the Brave


It’s INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! God Bless America and all who stand on her soil as we celebrate this day and all it stands for … Let the celebrations begin as folks gather, the grills get fired up, and the joyous noise begins! Thank you to those who have served, are serving to protect our very freedoms […]

Hello Summer Solstice!


Summer Solstice June 21, 2014,  the longest day of the year! Hello the official first day of summertime, and the celebrations will begin for so many as we welcome it in. I cannot imagine but some are already complaining about the heat of summer, when it seems like yesterday all we heard was “bring on […]

Friday Freestylin, just grin into it


Friday, Friday, it’s time to get your week-end started! With an attitude of great gratitude, here we are on the eve of the summer solstice, the official beginning of summer as we move into the weekend. Are you ready for some summer? I do believe once again that time is just running faster than ever, […]

Living and Learning


Life and it’s many lessons, blessings, heartaches and struggles seem to be a part of a greater plan. An opportunity to live and learn to be stronger, better, to be more, yet also a road to some that find themselves singing the same ole’ song, stuck in a rut or finding the comfort of darkness […]

I hear you~


I hear you and those fine professionals out there who will say:  tell it like it is and get it off your chest! Let others know how you feel, how you think, what you want…. I get that. Don’t let things build inside and create or add to your already simmering stress! We’ve all heard […]

Seriously now, it’s time to let it go!


  This is quite profound when you think on it! As I speak to folks around the Nation, as I listen to stories in the community, in families, in my own… I am continually amazed at what folks hold on to, what they take issue with, what they let come out of their mouths. It […]

I wish you laughter today


Happy Sunday to you all. For those Dad’s out there who are being celebrated I wish you a Happy Fathers’ Day! and with that, for those Mom’s who are doin’ it all I wish you the same…  I hope for you laughter, a smile that lights up the day and reflects in all that you […]

Darkest before Dawn


Hello everyone and everything… one thing is certain, when you only get sleep for an hour or two and then move out to the lanai… it is quiet, it is dark, and if you have the camera and the moments… YOU just never know the visitors that may be watching over you. So it is […]

Zac Brown and band; passion that is hard to describe


There are some people, ordinary people, famous people, that just take your breath away. I had the great pleasure of seeing The Zac Brown Band in Tampa this weekend and I was not at all prepared for what ended in being the best concert of my life… with musicians that lit up a stage with […]

Maya Angelou, we have lost a beloved woman


“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”   May her memory be eternal… may we all be more than we were yesterday as we thank her. Maya Angelou has walked on this […]