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Brought Back To Life!
He collapsed and died on the football field, and they brought Damar Hamlin back to life. CPR saved him. The Buffalo Bills medical team initiated the league’s Emergency Action Plan within 10 seconds
Autumn Update
Hello and Happy Fall! I’m particularly happy this year because I’m up in North Carolina getting to experience true fall weather. After moving a whopping 33 times in my life, I think I made a good decision to buy an RV. I'm now calling both Florida and NC home. I’m...
All I Want for Christmas is Reconciliation
As we head into the Christmas season it can be hard to maintain our peace of mind as we’re bombarded with so many advertisements and “last time” offers. This season, I challenge you not to take the bait of the media and the marketing, but instead focus your attention...
There’s Someone I Despise
The only person you can change or control is you. Do you feel better when you love or when you hate? Two of my favorite movies are The Man From Snowy River and Return To Snowy River. In one of the opening scenes of the sequel, the hero, Jim Craig returns and is...
Stay Warm in Every Way
It’s a lot easier to revive a victim that is still warm to the touch, versus a cold body. This statement sticks with me because I want to have warm relationships that can be revived if need be. When I was thinking through effectively teaching junior lifeguards how to...
The Power of an Inhale
I fell right through the ceiling. One moment I was crawling around the attic stashing things here and there, and the next, I was crashing through the ceiling onto the garage floor. Hearing the mayhem, my daughter quickly swung open the door and yelled, “Are you ok?”...
When a Circumstance Requires You to RISE
I felt like the worst parent on the planet. On a trip to Disney World, my son accidentally poured a scalding cup of coffee on his foot. And in a motherly panic, I ripped off his sock, along with the first layer of skin. As he screamed in pain—and I was internally...
Framing Our Lives
Have you ever developed a photograph or purchased a painting to hang on a wall in your home? It can be easy to forget that a frame for the picture isn’t always included in the price tag. We have to frame it ourselves. And the type of frame—even the lack...
Brave Adjustments
Do you love the iconic TV show “Friends” like I do? One of the most memorable scenes from the show that still makes me laugh is the episode where Ross, Rachel, and Chandler are moving a couch upstairs to their apartment. The couch is so large and the staircase so...
The Art of Observation
We can take for granted the art of observing. It’s more than just watching or looking. I think of a child who’s looking for the mustard in the fridge, and they say, “Mom, where’s the mustard? I can’t find it!” And the mother responds from a different room, “It’s in...