SALT & LIGHT

SOONER THE SUN I'm sitting at our dining room table near the biggest window in our home. When I sit there, I don't have to turn on...

GEOGRAPHY CAN'T SATISFY THE SOUL Several times this week I've had someone tell me about a person who longs for different surroundi...

WHAT WE'RE MADE OF People don't always respond to us in the way that we would like. We think they'll be enthusiastic about o...

On Friday I spent hours messing my kitchen, trying to create a winning chocolate cake for the Gratz Fair. I dropped batter on the floor and...

A CURE FOR LONELINESS Recently I watched an episode of Touched By An Angel , a TV show about angels who help people on earth. That particu...

MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY There's something about a hand-written letter that is so wonderful. My daughter got so excited a few days ago w...

BUSY OR NOT, YOU ARE VALUABLE I visited the coziest little bookstore last week while on vacation. It's on Route 6 between Hawley and W...

THE LIFE ON WINGS I got home from Ocean City Maryland a few hours ago. Surprisingly, I'm wide awake. The trip was not something I was ...

TAKE THE RIGHT ROAD Have you ever been so angry that it drained the life out of you? I mean the kind of anger that doesn't go away. So...

COMPASSION IS PRICELESS We're so quick to offer opinions, self-analyze problems and tell others what we think. I recently had a phone ...

A QUIET ESCAPE I spent the day creating a quiet place in my home where I can go to read, pray, write and escape. The room has a lock on th...

LIVING WITH A NET Someone once said being sociable is like living with a net. Having family, friends and neighbors who are an integral par...

GETTING TO THE HEART I'm reading a great book on parenting. Shepherding A Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp is a must- read for every p...

CHOOSING NOT TO CONFORM Women have to live in this world, but they don't have to conform to its values. So many women are miserable to...

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, NOT YOUR FEARS Martina Mc Bride has a great song out right now called, Do It Anyway. It's such an inspiring so...

THOUGHTS AND WORDS HAVE POWER We all talk to ourselves. Sometimes out loud when no one is around, I'll carry on a conversation with mys...

LEARN TO SPEAK YOUR SPOUSE'S LOVE LANGUAGE What is a love language? It's the way that people show and understand emotional love. A...

CHANGE IS GONNA COME Death and taxes aren't the only two certainties of life. There's at least one more, and it's a big one--c...

I'VE NEVER MET A HAPPY, SLOPPY PERSON The worst part about being unorganized is the way it makes us feel. When I was a teenager, my be...