When recycling is not good

Greetings Friends, As always, I hope this finds you well and looking forward to some movement and relaxation. Every Sunday before I write, I spend a little time quietly reflecting on the personal events of the week that has just ended. I seek (and often find) a source of inspiration in one of the many …

Counting Blessings Instead of Sorrows

Greetings friends, I woke up this morning with an indescribable feeling of well-being and contentment. I lazily opened my eyes and heard my husband making his way to our room with my first cup of coffee (from Atenas, of course!). I smiled, feeling my heart swell up with gratitude for the constant joys in my …

Which weighs more for you?

Greetings friends, I awakened this morning conscious of the fact that today marks the 10th anniversary of the demise of the World Trade Center Towers, the emblematic symbols of New York which I had taken for granted my entire working life. The news of their destruction reached me as I was dropping our children off …

Reaction or response?

Dear Friends, A rather hazy Sunday greets me this morning. I know the sun is there, veiled behind clouds that elicit in me a desire to stay under the covers. Alas, my Sunday morning practice of writing and my powerful desire for coffee (from Atenas, of course) prompt me to the computer and the kitchen. …