What’s “love” got to do with it?
From the Heart For everything there is a season … especially when you have grandkids that play sports. I know where every (almost every) basketball gym and football and soccer…
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Homecoming … a look back
From the Heart Hey next Friday is Homecoming for Noblesville High School! “We are the greatest forevermore, I’m part of the Class of ‘74.” Yep, 45 years ago. I remember…
Stop it … just stop it
From the Heart “When you keep criticizing your kids, they don’t stop loving you, they stop loving themselves.” Let that sink in. I read those words this week and they…
When I’m 64
From the Heart Released in 1967 by The Beatles on their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: “When I’m 64.” I was 12. I was in the sixth grade…
Company’s coming!
From the Heart I believe the greatest motivational phrase ever spoken are two simple words … company’s coming! It was Thursday night when Chuck arrived home from choir practice about…
The kindness of “no”
From the Heart Toby Mac said it well: “You can be a good person with a kind heart and still say no.” After many years of being boxed into a…
A little laughter, a lot of rain
From the Heart They say that laughter is good for the soul. If so, then Chuck and I have happy souls. Chuck has quite the wit and I have, well,…
Difficult discussions and decisions
From the Heart It was a year ago this month when I had to have the discussion with my mother about moving her to an assisted living residence. It was…
Trust your gut feeling
From the Heart Sometimes I think there should have been a fourth character that Dorothy meets up with in the movie, the Wizard of Oz. It would have been a…
As I struggle to rest …
From the Heart My calendar had me meeting myself coming and going. I kept tripping over my feet as they tried to go in several directions, all at once. My…