“Marriage is hard” “Marriage is a lot of work” “Marriage is useless in a modern society” I’ve heard all of these things lately. Mostly from married people. And I disagree with all of them. You might be expecting me to agree that marriage is difficult given that my first marriage did not last. There are a lot of reasons why… Read more »
If there is a holiday we need in 2025 it’s this. It’s Weed Out Hate day. This is a new holiday first introduced in 2010 in Iowa of all places! It encouraged kids to get out and help pull weeds as a metaphor for removing hatred in their minds and hearts and it was created by Marc Daniels to honor… Read more »
One thing everyone can agree on is that it’s hard to find joy in today’s world. The cost of health care, food, and everything else keep going up. National and international politics are a shit show. The planet is becoming less and less hospitable to human life. The list goes on. Yet in spite of all of this, we do… Read more »
This is another one that is super easy to celebrate- it’s Good Samaritan Day! Even if you’ve never stepped foot into a Sunday School class you’ve heard the story of the Good Samaritan- the looked down upon outsider that stood up and did the right thing when all the supposed upstanding citizens looked the other way. We can all be… Read more »
Here’s a fun one! Today is learn what your name means day! Rebecca means “Servant of God” or same variation of that based on which site you visit 🙂 Go find out what your name means today!
My sister and I are very fortunate in a few ways. Neither of us have ever had a cavity. We have never had a fight that left us not speaking to each other for weeks or months at a time. Neither of us have had to bail the other out from jail. Our parents are in very good health for… Read more »
Today is another self- explanatory day. It’s Pay a Compliment day! This day was founded in 1995 in Chicago when a bus passenger noticed the driver stop to pick someone up who wasn’t at a bus stop on a cold winter day. He complimented the driver for being a good human, and this made such an impact on the bus… Read more »
It’s impossible to turn on any news or social media platform and NOT see truly horrifying footage of the fires in Los Angeles. The level and scale of the destruction is historic. MOST people react to these images and stories with sympathy for the people who have lost their homes, their businesses, their employment, their pets, friends, and/ or family… Read more »
By the time you are reading this I should be safely back in the area I grew up in. My husband Pat and I make the trek to southern Minnesota every year on December 23nd. This year it looks like we should have good weather for the trip- this is not always the case. A couple years ago we started… Read more »