Blessings in our lives are not just biblical. They can be blessings of goodwill and an expression of happiness and kindness. To celebrate our beautiful moments, life gives us.
I personally was blessed to be a stay at home mom to my 4 children for some years. Society sometimes frowned upon a stay at home mom in some ways. People always ask what do you
do, and when the answer was stay at home mom the reaction was always mixed. I believe I was truly blessed to have the opportunity to stay home. I never waivered on my appreciation of the blessing I had. It was a given chance to take in every moment. I was run off my feet and exhausted but would not have done it any other way. I was able to volunteer at my children’s school and church. So you see, my life has been truly blessed.
I ventured out years later and worked at a funeral home for years and in a daycare. Now I ventured into retirement These in my eyes are all blessings. We just have to look around and our blessings are right in front of us. To wake up in a warm cozy bed, a warm cozy home and enjoy our morning coffee without even a thought. Maybe before we have judgement and opinions we should give blessings and kindness to others.
It is our attitudes and options we choose that give blessings to those around us. Making sure people know they matter. It is about how we live with our blessings. No matter how hard we worked our blessings are a
gift. Most blessings are right in front of us we just have to be open to recognize them. …14 July 2026
I’ve said it before there is no right or wrong way to pray. Just saying. God just would like us to talk to him occasionally and walk in his word throughout our daily lives. He does not tell us what to do, but gives us the opportunity to fix things, and live our lives with what is. He gives us hope and inspiration to have dreams right until the end.
With so many things in our world to pray for we should be genuine in our ongoing conversations with God. Pray with an open heart and pray anywhere. You can pray in your car, home, kneel down or just at night silently in bed.
Lately I’m sure we pray for a win in our sports teams and even pray for a good day at work. God listens no matter. We pray for our world around us. We pray for friends and family and those we care about. We pray for those we have never met but hope that with many prayers, God will answer. Praying is a simple thing to do. You can speak or pray silently. You can admit mistakes and misconceptions and ask forgiveness always. Trust in God and your own words and always have gratitude. So in conclusion just believe and pray
even if it’s a simple request. It is good for you and your relationship with God. …5 July 2026
Do sports even bring people together? I believe they can be powerful reminders our world can be together on this stage.
Baseball, football, hockey, lacrosse and most recently soccer teams from around the world. In the past weeks we have enjoyed baseball and especially soccer with the FIFA World Cup. Some will say the cost of these events goes far beyond what we can imagine but are the results worth it?
All I know is the excitement and bringing people together has been amazing. So many different countries, some that live in not much joy, the sport is giving a bit right now. You just have to watch the Mexican supporters dancing in the streets with many fans from South Korea and Japan. These are memorable highlights. Worlds apart coming together.
The games themselves watching player after player extending a hand to help a player up after they just
wiped them out. Or a high five when each other score. The shared flag celebrations showing crowds singing and dancing together under so many mixed national flags.
So as we go through the 2026 FIFA World Cup remember it accommodates 48 teams playing a total of
104 matches across the countries Canada, Mexico and the USA. So no matter if we are a fan or not, our faith
and athletes are intertwined with discipline and perseverance and so much team work on and off the
playing field.
There are few things in our world bringing so much joy outside of our own worlds. So let us let it be, as it
unfolds. Enjoy and scream and shout for joy over a goal or good play. High five a stranger and be happy and joyful. … 28 June 2028
As we approach mid year of 2026 we can reset our lives for patience and resilience for the next six months. Lots has already happened this year. Some good and some not so good experiences. Try to celebrate the victories and reflect on the challenges.
We can move along with mindfulness. Our world is not a nice place sometimes but with belief even in awful situations there can be light. God stays faithful. It is like a restart when things go wrong.
Prayers do get answered, maybe not always as might hope or expect or right away. We are given frustrating moments and difficult people. We can be challenged to choose peace and endurance. That’s when we press our restart again. For many it’s losing a job, a relationship, our place we knew as home and even our friends and family. It can be a daily struggle to find joy again. Although this sounds easier to some than others, it can be hit us in any aspect of change in our lives.
So as we go along halfway through 2026 let’s listen to what Morgan Freeman suggests …Let’s
pray every day but realize this, just because we ask for patience, it does not mean God gives us
patience. He gives opportunity to be patient. If we pray for courage, God does not just hand us
courage. He gives you opportunity to be courageous. And finally if you pray for better
family life to be closer, God does not just put that warm and fuzzy feeling feeling in us. He gives us
opportunity to love each other.
So perhaps in all this we can try to embrace change and growth and work side by side. I
believe it will make the second half of 2026 much more rewarding and maybe we will even be
surprised at the results. … 22 June 2026
How do we live our lives? Are we as kind as we could be? Think about this…
Hate has four letters, So does Love
Enemies has seven letters, so does Friends
Lying has five letters, so does Truth
Failure has seven letters, so does Success
Negativity has ten letters, so does positivity
Cry has three letters, but so does Joy
So what should we choose? What do we choose? How do we want to live our lives? It really is a choice. What really truly matterIs it our success, careers, what we own, where we live? Or is it a combination of all that we think is important? Kindness in our world I believe helps. Our attitudes toward life in general is important. We need to take each day and moment and be grateful. Enjoy the small things in our world. Our world would so much better if our opinions changed. Yes it is very hard as we see things happening which are beyond our comprehension, but one small step forward can help when we don’t judge. Perhaps it is our jobs to help one another. Our experiences do help form us, but our attitude and acceptance that makes us good people.
Accepting everyone starts with us. It means letting go of resentments and some opinions.
It does not mean ignoring bad behaviours or not having boundaries but simply being at peace as we go along, realizing that we are not all the same and we can’t change everything. So you see it is a choice on how we live our lives.
We are so blessed and helping others and accepting others can be part of the solution. So try not to close your heart to others as somehow it shows us, we are more blessed when we give than when we receive. – 15 June 2026
Did you know there is no right or wrong way to grieve. We all grieve in our own way and time. After the passing of a friend or loved one it can be chaos. People you haven’t seen forever show up. Perhaps bringing food, gathering and checking in. I guess we have to realize the many relationships a person has obtained in their lives. There are many types of grief. Losing a job, losing a marriage or relationship, having to move away from a place so familiar to you, just major changes in our lives can cause immense grief. God shows us there is never a rush in grief, but instead he walks along beside us in our pain
and changes we encounter.
Grief can hit us at any moment. A song, a person, a book, a movie, a vacation and even an experience. It hits unexpectedly. The emotion and love can come in waves. The heartache is real. It seems most people try to be understanding and kind but my experience has been everyone is different. If you have not experienced grief just know, sitting and holding space is a good way to be there for someone going through grief. Sometimes the impact of life changes does not hit until all the festivities of celebrating one’s life is finished, and everyone goes about their lives again. Learning how to have family gatherings in divorce and in death can be challenging.
It can be a huge impact on everyday life. So next time you know someone experiencing grief know it is theirs to go through in any timeline. And actually there really is no timeline.
Since you left, life has not felt the same.
I miss you quietly in the memories.
Time keeps moving along.
But my heart holds the memories forever. – June 8, 2026
As always it is good to start off your week refreshed and with a renewal of our faith and confidence . Start with kindness and attitude of acceptance . No matter how you are feeling letting go, renewing is a good practice. So many things factor into our health and well being and overall mindfulness.
This all helps us cope with all life gives us as we go through every day struggles. Remember that each day is a gift and what we endure and handle is far more and beyond our expectations.
Illness , death , loss of family and friend relationships . All a test to our emotional well being .In our world these days we have to try our best to stay positive . It is very challenging but with faith all things are possible . So enjoy your days, take in all that is good around you and most of all be grateful for the small things. – June 1, 2026.