I recently attended a brunch at the local community volunteer organization. It is called RSVP.  The event was heart- warming as the room filled with seniors who had worked thousands of hours volunteering in various capacities in the city. In the RSVP organization, four hundred people had worked a total of 67,000 hours volunteering in [...]

This is the first morning we have seen sunshine for several days. I looked for Miss Molly and found her stretched out full-cat length on the bed in the sunshine. As I rubbed her back she rolled and purred as she stretched more.  This was one happy cat enjoying the warmth and light of the [...]

Molly has a green and purple toy with a red string. It has fuzzy, furry material that to a cat might seem like a mouse when slowly bounded across the floor by a human. However, the fur is not what she likes. She likes to chase the red string. This is a narrow string that [...]

A dear friend who is a very wise and loving man was making plans for the future.  He had taken all the appropriate steps to financial security for this family. Yet, I watched as he stumbled over one new opportunity after another. He seemed overwhelmed with change and finding the new road.  It seemed that [...]

“Maybe some people don’t realize the impact they are making or have made on other people’s lives.  We are just being us, but it has special meanings that the giver doesn’t even know.  We are filling an empty space and making a change or a difference in someone else’s life.  It may be small or [...]