What do you think of when you hear these words: pop, heat, snack, kernel, snack, salt, explode, crunchy, buttery? Popcorn, yes!!! It’s National Popcorn Day!!! Popcorn and the movies have been a thing since the late 1930’s, but today I have some fun tips on how to host a fun and cost-effective movie night right …
It’s that time of the year again. Time to get giddy about all the Disney movies coming out this year. I’m sharing the full Disney 2020 Slate – and beyond – as well as the list of releases Disney inherited through the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Who runs the world? Disney! All The Disney …
I reconnected with a friend last week and we had a short and powerful chat, catching up about the challenges we both experienced in the past year or so. We discovered that we react similarly to pain, trials, and turmoil when they inevitably show up in our lives. We hadn’t really connected for a while …
I consider Henry David Thoreau to be one of the wisest men to come from U.S.A. I am a big fan, and in fact, one of my goals is to visit the iconic Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, which became a National Historic Landmark in 1962, where he lived in a cabin by the shore …
The word “care” comes from the Old English cearu, meaning “sorrow, anxiety, grief,” also “burdens of mind; serious mental attention.” The meaning of “charge, oversight, attention or heed with a view to safety or protection” is from c. 1400. The meaning “object or matter of concern”, as well as the meaning of “take in hand, do,” or take care “be …
At the end of each year, I always feel blessed to celebrate Christmas, which for me and my family, it’s all about the birth of Jesus Christ, my personal Savior. Christmas is truly “the most wonderful time of the year” for me because it is the only holiday I celebrate with my whole heart. Because …
The word “truth” comes from the Old English triewð (West Saxon), and treowð (Mercian) “faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant.” The dictionary defines TRUTH as “that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality,” “ the body of real things, events, and facts,” “a transcendent fundamental or spiritual …
Even though I’ve been through so much heartache and pain throughout my life, and it all seemed unbearable at the time, I really feel like the past few months have been the hardest of my life. Ironically, and as usual, there were so many joys amidst the chaos and the complications, some of them we …
Last Friday, my daughters and I embarked on a journey back to Arendelle and into the Enchanted Forest to see the number one movie in the world: Frozen 2 (now on Amazon). Frozen 2 is the sequel to Disney’s Frozen, and it is 1 hour and 43 minutes of magic and wonder for the whole family. Our …
The word “gratitude ” comes from the Medieval Latin gratitudinem (nominative gratitudo), which means “thankfulness.” The dictionary defines gratitude as “the quality, state, or feeling of being grateful or thankful.” Acknowledgment, recognition, appreciativeness, grace, honor, indebtedness, and praise are all synonyms of gratitude. What are your grateful for? When you tune into what you are thankful for and what you appreciate in your life, you can …