The sea offers amazing analogies for our voyage through life; and the sea turtle birth story is really interesting. The female sea turtle selects a place in the sand to dig a hole, lay about a hundred eggs, and buy them. She might have between 2-8 nests per season. When the hatchlings peck their way […]
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Happy stories are fun to think about and vital to tell. Using an ocean theme, I call them “Dolphin Stories.” If you’ve ever stood on the deck of a boat on the ocean when all of a sudden a pod of dolphins flank your path—you know how these magical creatures exude joy. When life gets
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In honor of “Shark Week,†I’d like to say I’ve learned this fact: If it weren’t for the shark events (problems) in our lives, we wouldn’t have any lessons, spice or drama. In other words, our lives would be dull. Yet we don’t usually think of them in that light. Some of us are afraid
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There’s nothing quite as sweet as a grandparent’s love, and so the isolation of 2020 due to Covid 19 has left an unexpected pang of sadness for this group. As soon as I read Maureen Wilson’s poem, I knew many you would relate to her words as much as I do: Grandma’s Arms I
Do you have a brother who means the world to you? I have 3, but today I’d like you to meet Lenis Edward Whalen—or Doc, as he’s called. He’s the doctor you’ll meet at Whalen Chiropractic in Zephyrhills, Florida. At one time, Dad didn’t think Len or I were “college material,” so the day Len
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Dear Beauty, I wrote this blog a while ago, and in light of what’s going on in our country this July of 2020, let’s revisit its relevancy: I don’t know about you, but every once in a while I face a situation where I can’t see my way through. It feels like being in the
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People decide to write books for many reasons, and you might have a few of your own. I remember a woman who was DESPERATE for her husband to write a book. Her husband, a gregarious man and a dead ringer for a famous person, told me that when they attended parties, he told the same
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“You are the perfect age†remains my favorite phrase. It’s the title of one of my books and the trademark of all of my greeting cards. It a bold and optimistic sentence, but every year or so, I ask myself What’s the best lesson for me at this perfect age? How about those 20s? If
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Your light will show the way for somebody in need. With all my heart, I know this is true. In the darkness, even the smallest light gives the traveler a direction and calls out the way forward. We are single lamps in a garden—illuminating the place we stand. Collectively, we make a difference in this
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