A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. ~Stendhal As a kid, I was the happy recipient of a bedroom decorated in all things Holly Hobbie. I had the pink and green curtains, the rug and bedding, and I even had one of those rag dolls with the movable […]
Challenges and setbacks are part of the human condition. Like most people, there have been many times in my life when I felt completely alone or as though I was the only one experiencing what life was throwing at me. And, as I was reading, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznic, I remembered […]
About a week ago, I was rushing to get through my day and with a gang of hungry kids in the car, we hit the drive-through for some lunch. This isn’t remarkable, but the chintzy little toys that came with their kids meals were. While most toys deposited into a lunch sack are usually trash-worthy, […]