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Honoring the Ancestors
The Spiritual Origins of Halloween Do you ever wonder why we dress up in scary costumes and go trick-or-treating on Halloween? What has become one of the most popular party holidays of the year was once a sacred day to honor our ancestors. Halloween, or All Hallow's...
Are You Living Your Legacy?
It has been one month since my mother passed. Writing her obituary and eulogy, I realized that she was living her legacy every day--by the words she spoke, the actions she took, and the lives she touched. At her memorial service, many friends and family members spoke...
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Many childhood fairy tales are filled with scary characters like the Big Bad Wolf that are really cautionary tales. Like Little Red Riding Hood, we are taught that we should never venture out into the spooky old woods alone. As we get older, we outgrow those childhood...
Who are your 5 peeps?
There is a popular saying that we become like the 5 people we hang out most with. Something about it must strike a chord with people, because It has been attributed to motivational speaker Jim Rohn, tech guru Drew Houston, and billionaire investor Warren Buffet.,...
5 Layers of Powerful Writing
People write their life stories for many reasons. We write to learn more about ourselves. We write to preserve our memories. We write to heal from trauma, and to learn from our mistakes so we won't repeat them. We write to inform, entertain, and enlighten others about...
Witches and Goblins and Ghosts, Oh My!
Do you remember Halloween with fondness or terror? For me, it was always a mixed bag--half filled with candy, and half with the torture of having to make my own costume. My family could not afford store-bought costumes, so the default was usually a hobo, a witch, or a...
