Mockingbird: Powerful Lessons About Asperger’s

by Joy Paet May 18, 2012
Mockingbird: Powerful Lessons About Asperger's

The book Mockingbird is one that taught me a lot about autism as well as some powerful lessons.

It was written by Kathryn Erskine and is told from the point of view of a ten year old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome. This beautiful book will resonate with people of all ages.

Caitlin is in fifth grade …

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Book Reviews

Music Heals In So Many Ways

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 15, 2012
Music Heals In So Many Ways

Music heals. In so many ways, it mends the soul of the person performing and the persons who listen to the recital of the piece. Just the right song can provide the inspiration to keep us moving when everything inside us is wanting to give up.

Music is what feelings sound like

I have searched for …

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Inspiration

My Apologies

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 14, 2012
My Apologies

 

My apologies sometimes seem sufficient, and sometimes -not so much. For the record, I’ve not apologized as many times as I’ve needed to. And I’ve often wished I could do more to correct a wrong assumption or cross word, or poor choice. It feels so good when we build the bridges and fill in gaps …

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Goodness Matters

Five Tips To Make A Good Day

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 11, 2012
Five Tips To Make A Good Day

Can we really make a good day with just five tips?

I think so.

I’ll take any good, positive, helpful tip, if it grants more joy and less stress. Looking up into a blue sky, it lifts my spirits. And makes me want to build a better, ya know?

In my loooong list of tips for …

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Good

Try To Fix You

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 9, 2012
Try To Fix You


Try to fix you.

 

http://www.godvine.com/83-Year-Old-Man-on-Oxygen-Brings-Everyone-to-Tears-with-a-Song-1485.html

The sweet man in the video below is an elderly gentleman who planned to sing this song for his best friend. Before that could happen, the friend died. So, he sang it anyway. And softened a lot of hearts. Shortly thereafter he, too, passed away.

This moving tribute is so …

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Goodness In Action

Good Ol’ Lighthouses

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 8, 2012
Good Ol' Lighthouses

I love good ol’ lighthouses.

I love all they represent, and how they make me feel.

What a blessing they’ve been to many seafaring souls. [And non-seafaring ones, like me, who simply appreciate them standing there, shining.]

One of my favorite old songs is one written by Donna Fargo. The chorus and first verse go like …

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Goodness

I Need Thee Every Hour

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 5, 2012
I Need Thee Every Hour

I Need Thee Every Hour is one of my favorite hymns. It’s also a concept I believe. Really believe.

Like I need air to breathe, I need the Lord’s loving tending. In thinking about that, I’ve had three thoughts – well quotations, actually – come to mind . They concern growing my faith and building my …

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Inspiration

Everyday Heroes are Sometimes Well Known

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 2, 2012
Everyday Heroes are Sometimes Well Known


I was scared for my life. I was upside down.

 

This is what teenaged driver Weston Masset told the media on April 30th, after being pulled from a car by actor Patrick Dempsey. What a blessing he was to this seventeen year old!

Everyday heroes are sometimes well-known people.  It’s life affirming to see celebrities …

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Goodness In Action

Of May Day and Yesterdays

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 1, 2012
Of May Day and Yesterdays

Today is May Day. Makes me think of the yesterdays when May Day was full of traditions and fun. Some of you probably don’t even know there were Big Goings On back ‘in the May Day’….. just reminds me of how many May Days I’ve seen. Kind of a lot.

So many memories to draw on. …

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Goodness Matters

What If We Created a Happy Oreo Day?

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor April 28, 2012
What If We Created a Happy Oreo Day?

What if we created a Happy Oreo day? What if, in honor of their 100 years of making them, we choose to make this coming Tuesday the day we all eat an Oreo. [Note that I didn't say an entire bag of them, which sounds more appealing but less healthy.]

Or, choose any kind of cookie …

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Happy

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