Imagine attending a funeral… as you arrive and walk inside, you pass many grieving people, some you recognize and some you don’t. You make your way inside the church; you look around and notice the beautiful flower arrangements and the mellow music playing softly in the background. You slowly near the open casket at the altar and you come face to face with…YOU. It’s your funeral! You find a seat as the service is about to begin. After a short message from the priest, a handful of people stand up and share a few words about you. Some of them…

Life is about overcoming…whether we want to stop bullying, break an addiction, exercise more often, or even something as simple as spending more time with our loved ones. In order to take steps forward, we have to accept the existing situation, admit the need for change, then start the process. Change can be a crippling feeling. Status quo is so much more appealing since it’s within our comfort zone, even though change could take us to a whole new level of freedom and personal growth. Every time we seek to change, we have to learn new things, new habits. We…

A few years ago, I started a new tradition for the month of February, for my two girls, 8 and 5 years old. I write encouraging words on small heart shaped foams that I found at Dollar Tree and I tape them on their bedroom doors each night after they go to bed. Every morning they wake up to a new message. It is fun watching their little faces light up. My 5 year old can’t read yet, but she will come to my bedroom and ask me to read what the new heart says. It’s cute how excited they…