William Ury

The Power of a Positive No

Just say NO!  Can you?  Why not?  Think about how crazy our lives are getting...  We have access to the information highway every second of every day...  Is there ever a time when you are not connected to the internet?  Do you remember life before the internet?  What did you do just for fun?  Think about it...

Vitamin Sea

Beckons to Me

Dolly Parton

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

I was watching A Walk to Remember and heard this quote.  Each and every person on this earth has a purpose...  We may not always know what our purpose is but we each have one...  And no one can be the best you except yourself:  So embrace who you really are...  There is an internal feeling of satisfaction in your soul when you know who you are and are happy because you are comfortable in your own skin...

Kristin Billerbeck

“There are plenty of fish in the sea. But really, there's not. It's not just our imaginations. It would be great if decent men were as plentiful as jumping salmon in a rushing river, but they aren't. For every Mr. Darcy (and he's married, incidentally) there are a hundred Mr. Wickhams. Or in more contemporary terms, for ever one of Colin Firth, there are several thousand Hugh Grants. The odds are against us. But what can I say--I'm a romantic, and I can't abandon the fantasy of Prince Charming altogether. What girl with a heart can? I mean, I'm not asking to feed the five thousand; I just want one good fish!”

So many Cinderellas and only so many Prince Charmings...  Alas so many stepsisters...  So many desperate...  Don't live life quietly desperate...  Live a life that matters...  In God's will...  Because that is where I want to be...  Finding someone is icing but it is not the end all be all...  That you do on your own... 

Kristin Billerbeck

What a Girl Wants

I love reading and I read all sorts of books but every so often you just need some brain candy.  This book is about a single bachelorette who doesn't date anyone for a long time and then meets three guys all at once that want to go out with her.  It's an easy read.  And sometimes you just need something light to read. 

A Mother's Bouquet

Flowers for Mothers

A Poetic Memoir...

For WGF

A Scottish lad
begins his life
on a California coast
dreaming dreams
and living life
until he meets
the love of his life
spending
the majority
of his life with her.
The years they spent
together
loving and living
and raising kids.
A traveling
executive
leaving his mark
on the business world
reading his
Wall Street Journal
daily.
He will be missed
by family and friends
who knew him well:
His spark,
his personality,
his sense of humor...
His love of cooking.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

This poem is dedicated to the wife and family of a friend that I didn't know for very long but that I got to know before his recent passing.  My prayers and blessings go out to the family as they deal with his transition from this life to the next.