Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
Why Did She Have to Eat the Apple?
I often pondered not only why Eve ate the forbidden fruit, but what actually happened in the moments immediately following The Fall. All religions, monotheistic and polytheistic alike, have oral and written traditions on humanity’s separation from the Divine. Most of the ancient civilizations like the Sumerians, Egyptians and Babylonians told stories of man’s creation…
Read MoreAll I want for Christmas is…
Tradition, as defined in my iPhone dictionary app, is a specific practice of long-standing and/or an inherited pattern of thought or action. Basically traditions are those rituals we perform over and over, through the years and pass down to our kids. We may tweak what our parents did or start new ones. Traditions are like…
Read MoreParade Magazine's Top 9 Romantic Holiday Movies
ENTERTAINMENT DECEMBER 12, 2013 – 6:30 PM – 0 COMMENTS Share on wordpressShare on facebookMore Sharing Services7 By K.L. CONNIE WANG@BeTheBuddha Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. In keeping with the theme of my last post of Top 11 Romantic Holiday Songs, I, of course, have a list of favorite romantic holiday movies as well! I spent good…
Read MoreIt's A Process!
The Eyes Have It
I love the eye lock. You can almost guess what the other person is feeling in the eye lock. Take for instance an infant in her mother’s arms. When I held my babies, I looked deep into their eyes loving them to their core. They would stare back knowing they were safe and loved. Back…
Read MoreThere's Something About You and I
Extroverts love to be in the mix. They gain energy from being with people, especially those with whom they connect. Isolation is torture. This is me. I love to work a room, meet new friends and dig into their hearts. For me, each encounter is unique and enhances my mere existence. I am a better…
Read MoreWhat Happened to Vinny?
Planning my trip to the desert strip was interesting this time around. We try to get to a few shows, including big headliners like Rod Stewart and Ray Romano. This time of year, many of the usual big names are taking a hiatus. So it was easy to convince my husband to see Donny &…
Read MoreThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
The holidays are upon us. As soon as Halloween rolls around, one can sense heightened emotions with the impending season. Someone is irate because Costco already has Christmas decor displayed. The religious fight to keep the “Christ” in Christmas while the non believers petition to keep the nativity scene off city hall’s lawn. Then we have…
Read MoreYah, You Blend!
I have been living in Atlanta for twenty years. I was a young mother of one when we arrived south of the Mason-Dixon line. It took me seven years to finally say, with a lump in my throat, that the peach state was home for me. It was at this turning point that I knew…
Read MoreI Found My Mojo!
After the summer of indulgence, eating, drinking and low-keyed workouts, I found myself needing the jaws of life to get into my fav jeans. Well, you know what this does to a girl. I had lost my mojo. I lost my adrenaline in the gym, the ability to limit my caloric intake and the spark…
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