Love Ambassador: a representative, a messenger, a giver of life. All animals showcase the importance of love and support for each other, and so do all humans, because deep down we know that spreading love is our formula for living, especially if others are suffering...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tRPZc1Doqk In this interview, author Lesie Marovich discusses her book Sigh: We Inhale Obstacles and We Exhale a Life of Love, drawing on her 20 years as a ghostwriter and her childhood in Africa to explain what shaped her...
We Have Many Stories Within UsWho needs fictional children’s stories, when our personal life is filled to the brim with hundreds of amazing, fun, sad, loving, motivating, heroic, and adventurous stories; true stories, heartfelt stories, close-to-home stories, relevant...
Our planet is decorated with oceans and lakes and extraordinary aquatic creatures, with trees and flowers and amazing land animals, with canyons and volcanoes and beautiful birds, and with us. And because we appreciate our natural surroundings so much, using our...
Some of us raise our families to resemble a manicured garden – traditional, with exquisite shrubs and stately fences. And some of us raise our families to resemble a wild garden – left mostly to nature with a mishmash of wildflowers, grasses, weeds, and some open...
As we toss in the turbulence of the grieving process, we grasp at small fragments (affirmations) in the stormy waters, which help us to: steady our emotions believe in ourselves and our capabilities gain insight into a more optimistic area of our lives These...
There we are, travelling along our road of life, when suddenly we come upon a roadblock - an enormous, immovable rock that makes us slam on our brakes and screech to a stop!We raise our eyes to take in the full magnitude of the rock; its size, its hardness, its power,...
Many of us are searching for the key to happiness, and of course we all have the absolute right to be happy. We attend self-help seminars, watch self-empowerment programs, mumble affirmations, master meditations, and yet there are times when we are still not happy...
An interesting topic for discussion on Father’s Day is ‘the origin of our family name.’ Fathers will really appreciate a copy of the meaning of their surname, along with a picture of their family Coat of Arms, and if possible, their family motto.If we cannot locate...
Perhaps for some of us, as we experience our grief, this past Winter was a comfort. Like our clothing, just little chunks of us peeked out to face the world. Perhaps we were comfortable because we didn’t have to grow, expand, or reach for the sun. The frozen weather...
I was a caesarean baby, born in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Mummy often used to say, ‘It took seven years to make you after having your brother, John, so little Lesley, you are a miracle child.’ Daddy was an engineer and inventor, and Mummy was the top...
The sensational artist in us – who conveys who we are in how we design, decorate, and perform, with a colourful spirit – continues to sweeten and advance our world, every single day. Like a birthmark, we are born with it. It is unique. It shows up at different times...
When we talk, or write our stories, we use prose, and then we inject poetry for emphasis, for creativity, for fun. Poetry comes naturally to all of us. When we talk, or write, we see the magic of poetry unfurl as the rhythmical part of our brain ignites, to simplify...
Our lives are basically spectacular; however, decorations are a far-flung, colourful net which gathers us all together to celebrate, share, and showcase our lives and everything we have, here on Earth. Our planet is decorated with oceans and lakes and extraordinary...
Children love to hand out food to others: snacks to guests, pizza slices to classmates, treats to puppies, and seeds to birds. The delight on children’s faces when they pass food around expresses the awareness that we are all programmed to share our basic human needs,...
Because Christmas is near, ‘triggers’ may currently be playing an important role in our grief journey. Empty spaces that were once filled with the bright presence of our Loved One may now be filled with sadness.These triggers can be associated with many of our senses,...
Our Love Letters tell all; whether they accompany a birthday gift, a graduation gift, or whether they are given quite randomly, for love's sake. Our letters are a wonderful platform where we express our deepest emotions, and the good news is— the words we write will...
As Remembrance Day approaches, our honour, gratitude and respect for those who fought for all of us erupts in a huge surge of love. By capturing our ancestor’s war experiences – or someone who is still alive today – we help to breathe life into history texts, and we...
Pet loss is normally a devastating loss. We feel lonely, and sad, as we gaze around at all the empty spaces that are no longer filled with our pet’s large presence. Children who are suffering because of pet loss may feel that the animal will return someday, or that...
Fundraising! The word alone can stress one out because of all the emotions relating to it –‘soliciting’ ‘commitment’ ‘organization’ ‘rejection.’ But we do believe in fundraising. We want to give; we really do. We all have a cause, or various causes, that we care...
The Hippocampus, the small area in the brain shaped like a seahorse, houses a complex filing system where we store and retrieve memories. The subject of memory is a mystery. Why do some people remember things before the age of two? Some of us only remember things...
An interesting, meaningful, and memorable topic for family discussion is ‘the origin of our family name.’ This discussion acknowledges and honours all our valiant ancestors who faced famines, plagues, perilous journeys, and conflicts, with courage and honour, and who...
In years to come, like rings in the bark of a tree, our memories will reflect that in 2019 there was a massive disturbance in our lives; rings of compacted thin lines showing malnourishment, infestation, and trauma, and rings of extra reaction or compression wood that...