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Emotional Trauma: Will You Choose a Band-Aid or Stitches?
“I just need a band-aid - a butterfly bandage!” That was the sobbing plead being made by a 10-year-old daughter. She had been at a friend’s house playing and her mom had just washed and waxed the kitchen floor. The girls had an idea. What if we got pillowcases and...
Jesus Whisperers and the Light that Stops the Growling
Today, anger is in the air we breathe and, in many ways, might be even more deadly than COVID. We’ve recently witnessed global riots due to racial injustice, political polarization, and social and financial issues. Some of us have taken part in heated confrontations...
Doubt: The Place of Questioning and Choosing the Right Way
My children and grandchildren never stop questioning my choices and direction. In fact, they go even further, they like to argue against them. It can get frustrating even annoying especially with young children who have to question your every command and wisdom. You...
Associations: What I learned as an Actress about the Effect Others have on Our Thinking and Choices.
As a young actress immersed in full time classes and auditioning in Hollywood for many years the constant effects of studying and taking on disturbing character personalities in plays, movies and TV shows often affected me. It was personally draining particularly...
Manipulation: How Tech is Controlling Us?
The Democratic and Republican parties had their electoral conventions recently, and viewers watched and listened to influential leaders share their personal and political opinions why Trump or Biden would be the best President. However, many individuals didn’t watch...
God Space
Author, Leonard Sweet said, “the difference between the words “nowhere” and “now here” is a space. We need to leave space for God’s justice. We need to step back and be clarifiers of God’s words and not become truth-tellers. When we choose to be truth-tellers, we get...
Love Attacks: The Viral Language that Heals
One of the most difficult results of the COVID pandemic is how we are now having to restrain ourselves from hugging or even extending a handshake to someone else. Who can resist when the warmth of friendship and love is extended? Research is revealing that people...
A. R. and V. R.: What We Need to Know about How Their Usage Affects Us.
My husband and I enjoy watching old sci-fi films. The Fly, The Invisible Man, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon to name a few of the classics. Pie plates flying around to depict spaceships is part of the fun of watching these old films. Filmmakers had to do all...
You Can Do Magic: Living Fully in an Uncertain World
One of my favorite places to visit in Los Angeles is the Magic Castle. It is an iconic venue that sits mysteriously lit at night on a hill in Hollywood. You can only get into the Castle if you have an invitation from a magician who is a member and has performed there....