Out with the Old Year, In with the New

Out with the Old Year, In with the New

What is so special about the closing of a year and the start of a new one?  Nothing, really. A year is a neat packet of time. Twelve months. Fifty-two weeks. Three hundred sixty-five days. Eight thousand seven hundred sixty hours. We’ve lifted this packet up,...
Birthday Blues or Birthday Boldness

Birthday Blues or Birthday Boldness

My Friend, Elizabeth, who just had a birthday shared with me,   “Thirty-nine feels really grown up to me.  You know, at this point in my life my youth is far behind me.” After a thoughtful pause, she continued, “But what really bothers me about birthdays, and...