Sharing Prayer has Great Impact
It’s one thing to help someone who has fallen on hard times without having done anything wrong. But it’s much harder for me to understand how people can leave their comfort zones to help people who have brought the hard luck on themselves. I received a letter from a woman named Marilyn Johnson that got
Replacing Hurt with Hope
My friend, Kristi, said something the other day that made my heart stop for a moment. But let me back up. Kristi is a one-woman parade: marching band, confetti, the whole works. She walks into the room and brings sunshine and gale-force winds. She has more energy than anyone I have ever met. Anyone. Ever.
Girl’s work resonates long after she’s gone
I want to follow up on the column I wrote last week about volunteering with your kids. The day after it appeared in the paper, I got an email from a woman named Karen in Sykeston, N.D. I think she illustrates better than I ever could just how much of a difference one person can
Get Kids Involved in Volunteering
My daughter has decided to quit Girl Scouts. Her best friend left the group and her leader took on another role, so basically my daughter feels like she would have to attend meetings without two of her favorite people. Half of me is dancing around the house in absolute glee because that means we won’t
Give the Gift of Warmth
When I was a little girl, my mom took me shopping for a winter coat. My parents had recently divorced and were still trying to figure out who would pay for what when it came to clothes, shoes and after-school activities. Wintertime was right around the corner, so my mom and I went to the
Help Amid a Family’s Pain
My heart aches when I see tragedy in this world, especially tragedy that could have been avoided. That’s how I felt the morning of July 7 when I opened the paper and read about the Deutschers, a young couple and their 1-year-old daughter, who were killed the night before in an accident with a drunken
Take the opportunity to give more
I’ve found myself wondering lately if a little bit of kindness is enough kindness. If you give someone a little piece of you, but you still have much more to give, does that little piece still count as kindness? Let me explain. I was walking through the cereal aisle at Walmart the other day when
