Made another Kiva loan today, when I saw I had enough repayments in my account, and used the small remainder to make a donation to Kiva. If you haven't tried micro loans through Kiva,…

D24 Saturday I felt really tired and I gave myself the gift of rest which was good because later I was quick to check myself about right speech (is it true, is it necessary and is it loving.)

D25 Sunday I gave myself the gift of some of my…

i don't know what i'd do without Facebook notifications to remind me that people's birthdays are coming up :o)  this week, i was notified that one of my best friends from High School  has her birthday this weekend, and her daughter's birthday is…

My niece admitted to not knowing how to cook while we were visiting last week so we had a trip to the grocery store and a couple of cooking lessons. Sadly I left the grocery bag containing the  ingredients for her first choice of dishes in her…

Today I played a game with two of my kids.  It was new with a lot of instructions, but I let them guide me through it.

Today , day 4, an older man approached me outside a (in and out burger) asking for change, normally I do not bring out cash in a (hard neighborhoods)...I just tell them , sorry, I only carry plastic,....but usually I  will purchase a meal for…

Day 16

As I mentioned in my previous post, my gift for Day 16 was my father's day gift. My sister and I joined forces for our gift, which was inviting my dad to go on a relaxing river tubing trip with us later in the…

AWWW ~

Monday's gift was the gift of compromise. I needed to work on a specific goal with a patient but he didn't want to do it. So we went to plan B. He's a gruffy old man and sometimes its best to give a little to get a lot in the long run.

Every year at the end of school, kids clean out their lockers.  There is an amazing amount of items that can be re-used. I have collected a fair number of notebooks and binders that can be used again, because they were hardly used the first time…