What does the Christmas season promise you this year? We all have an expectation even if we rarely pull it out to look at it. For some it’s the expectation of a credit card bill that takes too long to pay. Others dream of just the perfect gift to buy. Some dread to go shopping. Some delight in family visits that are all too rare. Others expect to endure edgy relationships and escape as soon as possible. Some love the opportunity to celebrate... > Full Story

Oh, my precious Sara. A girly-girl through and through. Last year she went through a bit of a phase of wearing a leotard (fully loaded with tutu and crown and scepter, I might add)...

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Christmas is loaded with expectations, isn’t it? Christmas shopping, decorating and entertaining. Typically we knock ourselves out trying to make it the “perfect”...

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Do you catch yourself wondering how people would react if you were to expose your true self?

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Weapons are a “force multiplier” of human strength. With a weapon, the question of “who is more powerful” is not confined to men.

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One Christmas, I came across an article in a local newspaper by an articulate columnist named Bill Johnson. His column was titled, “A Lesson in Catching the Christmas Spirit.”...

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