Hunter

I love you Hunter ~ You always made me grin
When you were young
You had a special way
Of bringing so much joy
To those around you
Each and every day
You’ve always had such energy
You just light up like the sun
You’re such a great nephew
It’s always been such fun
Spending time with you
This wish is for plenty of Cheer
I have a wonderful Nephew
You make me laugh
You bring such joy
Light up those candles
Happy 18th  Birthday Nephew
You are so very dear to me!

Best Friends ~

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri Nouwen

Winter 2016

Thanksgiving 2016

Calling ~

Calling Cohen “the most beautiful man I have ever known,” Wieseltier writes about his decades-long friendship with Cohen in prose so poetic that it would have surely won its subject’s approval. “He lived in a weather of wisdom, which he created by seeking it rather than by finding it. He swam in beauty, because in its transience he aspired to discern a glimpse of eternity: There was always a trace of philosophy in his sensuality,” Wieseltier comments.

Leonard Cohen Interview - Part 3 of 3

Leonard Cohen Interview - Part 2 of 3

Leonard Cohen Interview - Part 1 of 3

Leonard Cohen - Last Interview Ever - 2016

Leonard Cohen - If it be your will

Canadian musical icon Leonard Cohen dead at the age of 82 - Winnipeg Free Press

Canadian musical icon Leonard Cohen dead at the age of 82 - Winnipeg Free Press

To Health

Have you ever fallen ill and found yourself thinking, “I can’t believe this is happening to me?”
That attitude can be more harmful than you think, says internationally acclaimed wellness speaker Caroline Myss. “One of the most painful things that you can tell yourself is that you are the exception to a rule,” she says. “That you are the exception to what happens to all living creatures. That, somehow or other, you are living outside the laws of life. That what breaks down everybody else’s body can’t touch yours. That somehow other people will age, but not you.”
Shake off your denial, Caroline says, and face reality: Illness can happen to anyone, no matter how healthy your lifestyle or how positive your attitude. You might be operating under the delusion, she says, that “if you are a positive person, negative things shouldn’t happen to you.”
If so, Caroline has some firm advice. “Now, you just stop that,” she says. “I want to put you in your bubble and say, ‘Well, what positive things do you think are protecting you? Is it your psychic positive? Your emotional? How about all your past lives? How about your future lives?’ If I got you in your bubble, you would start screaming, ‘Stop it.’ You can’t possibly know yourself that well.”
Here, Caroline explains why the sooner we accept that we’re not living outside natural laws, the sooner we can come to terms with illness—and begin healing.

His Peace

by Gertrude Jefferies

Peace that passes understanding,
Peace that overflows my soul
Peace that moves me through strong currents,
When the angry billows roll.
Lifts me high upon the mountains,
Through the valleys make a way,
Even through greatest confusion,
It's His peace that saves the day.

It's the Presence of the Master,
that restores our inner man
It's the peace He gives his children,
Others cannot understand.
As we hold daily communion,
Get to know His heart and mind
We will always have this Presence,
And perfect peace we'll always find.