Here is a random, intense thought on my rainy day…. It’s the stuff that all good fiction is made out of, the distressed hero or heroine paced by the one guy (girl) we’d all like to collectively get even with. …
Author: Alison Rodgers
Real Love: Respect, Freedom and Truth
Everyone in the world needs love. It is truth – without appropriate love, the youngest child with fail to thrive, and without someone to care for and about you, the wisest of us become jaded and alone. To be human…
Real Love: Truth, Freedom and Respect
>Everyone in the world needs love. It is truth – without appropriate love, the youngest child with fail to thrive, and without someone to care for and about you, the wisest of us become jaded and alone. To be human…
Smile
>I was trying to come to a place of internal peace, reading through letters people write and never send…its a website…considering writing a few of my own. I saw this great note someone posted. Take a peek. http://cf1.polyvoreimg.com/thing.4623831.l.jpg Published with…
Suggestions for the Lonely Valentine
>Every retail store in North America starts the Valentine’s push about the end of January, if not directly after the New Year. Bears and hearts are stuffed into baskets and boxes, coffee mugs and heart-shaped tins. Lingerie goes red and…
Cooking for Love: Valentines Dinner Made Easy
>A great suggestion for Valentines is to cook a surprise, relatively simple meal that the basic cook can pull together with a little planning and lots of excitement. If you’re cooking for more than two, double the recipe and enjoy…
Five Special Ways to Say “I Love You.”
>Valentine’s Day approaches the US market every February, and with it, the deluge of candy, flowers and cards that are both sweet and appropriate for the day. For those of you that are seeking a budget friendly yet truthful way…
Quick Tips to Reduce Stress Now
Five Easy Steps to Eliminate Stress Stress is an everyday fact of life for many people around the world. The pressure of work, family, faith and life come together to form that perfect storm of tightness in your chest, inability…
Character and Honor
There are a few moments in life that you have to realize you’re making a decision that affect your “forever.” I thought about that idea as I prepared to write this blog today in an unexpected way…I watched a movie…
How to Apologize: The First Five Steps in Eliminating Regret
>In life we come to the inevitable last minute “ah-ha” that begins with the dawning feeling that as we took aim and emotionally fired at the object of our angst, we also just shot a hole in the bottom of…
Using Music to Improve Your Mood
Music has been at the hub of depression and anxiety research for many years, resulting in studies substantiating what my stack of CD’s taught me today: music can drastically alter your mood, improve your cognitive outlook and even assist you…
Indianapolis Museum of Art
>I wonder how I can do this to the far west wall of the third floor of my house…..hummmmmm….maybe I could take a class in stained glass? Just teasing. I loved this wall at the IMA. It’s beautiful. I’m adoring…
Breaking the Habit
There are days when you are simply just not feeling it – and this is one of those days. So what do you do when you are faced with hard decisions in life that don’t jive with your soul? How…