Julia Ward Howe ( Read more... )

It is not often that the business world and the spiritual world join together to reinforce a message from God, but that has happened to me today.

Yesterday I sat in a meeting with my boss, who was instructing others in the room that if they waited until the new systems were are building are 100% perfect, we will have waited too long to deploy them ( Read more... )

I received this story in an e-mail earlier today and thought it well worth sharing. It is a story about four people - Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is Father's Day and I am going to Princeton to take my father out for brunch. Since Princeton is nearby, I have been able to do this several times in recent years, occasionally even with the company of a sibling or child. This year I am going by myself, so I am going on the train. And I am sufficiently selfish to admit that I am pleased ( Read more... )

When my daughter Catherine (sf_treats) was born, my neighbor, Judy Claire, gave me a card with a handwritten note that said, in part, "What a wonderful way to stay young." Since I was already 41, and obviously not getting any younger, it seemed a somewhat odd thing to say at the time, but I have remembered her words many times since. I have ( Read more... )

June 2 is an important day in my life ( Read more... )

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Friendship is one mind in two bodies. --Mencius ( Read more... )

The birth of a child is a life changing event for a mother. The emotions are overwhelming - awe, pride, joy and gratitude to God for this most precious gift, as well as an enormous sense of responsibility. From that first moment, there is an incredible awareness of the promise and potential of this new person and of the responsibility for nurturing ( Read more... )

As a daughter, daughter-in-law and mother, I feel compelled to share my reflections on Mother's Day. My initial reaction each year is more than a little bit of irritation. Are we really so inept that we would not thank, and be thankful for, our mothers if Hallmark did not remind us of them once a year? Are we so busy, so self-centered, that we need ( Read more... )

Chris (thekenosis) and Catherine (sf_treats) have both done this, so I am following their example. However, I am doing this with some hesitation and risk of embarrassment. As Chris said when I started this live journal: "Why so uneasy? It's not like your broadcasting your innermost thoughts to the rest of the world... Wait, that's exactly what this ( Read more... )