Writings and stories of real life, anecdotes, curiosities, life circumstances, reflections on friendship, love, family, faith, hope, wisdom…
When the family comes together, each of us remembers the happy moments, as well as the hurts, the mistakes, the regrets and the jealousies. What exactly can I expect? Will I be able to identify the specific needs I may have?
I firmly believe that valuing a year has more to do with our ability to love, forgive, laugh, learn new things and challenge our egos and attachments. Considering that both suffering and the dreaded failure are nothing more than opportunities to learn, we should not be afraid of either.
Christmas was only five days away. I was not yet fully immersed in the Christmas spirit. The parking lots were overcrowded and the chaos inside the stores was even worse. Even the aisles were inaccessible. I came today, but why, I asked myself.
The Global Teacher Prize is a $1 million award given to outstanding teachers like Nancie Atwell who has developed a successful literacy based teaching method. Reading is the focus of her school and her program targets children with a variety of learning disabilities.
Happiness is a choice, starts with the decision to be happy. Childhood is a perfect example of how happiness can be spontaneous. During that stage of life we saw life as a wonderful, magical adventure, with no worries or responsibilities.
The phrase natural catastrophe conjures up images of things that change our environment and cause significant and tragic losses of people, animals and property, catastrophes that seem to be beyond human control
