One love One voice

Beyond the headline

I sit here staring at an empty screen, fingers hovering above the keys hoping the words will come. I close my eyes as the images I’ve seen this past week fill my brain and churn my gut. The scenes coming to us from the other side of the world are heartbreaking, with Afghan citizens soContinue reading “Beyond the headline”

#Lucha

Since our kids were young, at the start of every new year we sit together and celebrate personal victories and/or lessons learned from the past year, as well as set intentions and goals for the next. Part of that tradition is to select a “word for the year” that will serve as somewhat a themeContinue reading “#Lucha”

Around and Around

Probably one of my all-time favorite movie scenes is in the classic, small-town American baseball movie, The Sandlot. A group of pre-adolescent boys spend their summer days playing baseball, but in this scene they all go to a carnival together. One of the boys pulls out a big pouch of chew, they all shove aContinue reading “Around and Around”

Right or Left

Chocolate or Vanilla? Rap or Country? Pizza or Sushi? These may (or may not) be easy decisions when there are only two options. But what if we start adding in hamburgers, tacos, cookies and cream, coffee, or a million different other things? Some you might love and others not so much, but it’s much moreContinue reading “Right or Left”

Rooted in love

A big, beautiful tree in front of City Hall was toppled Sunday afternoon when a crazy storm blew through our little town. It was one of several trees that had fallen, and countless broken branches. We even saw a trampoline perched on top of huge tree that was lying across the road. In some regions,Continue reading “Rooted in love”