Inspirational Stories

My grandmother's name was Anna Matilda. She was first generation American and Swedish. Today I met the second person by that name...the second in all my life. It is kind of a long story but I need to tell. Last year while we were in the desert I read "The Milagro Beanfield Wars" by John Nichols. I really liked this book and I will read it again. Once is just not enough. Our friends from Albuquerque told me that it was written about a little community north of Santa Fe called Espanola...Read Full Story

I couldn't sleep because there has been this deep struggle going on inside me. I'm hoping to articulate what seems to be a spiritual awakening. I know, sounds BORING but I can't seem to shake it. It's been growing and growing and finally came to a head when I wrote the post about Perez and celebrities really using their FAME for something positive. Seeing that I just celebrated my birthday and had some time to reflect, I realized that I honestly don't think that I've done the best at using...Read Full Story

  I want to write about one of the bravest people I know and one of the people I admire most in my life. Her name is Marsha. She is my sister. Not by blood but by heart.   Her youngest brother and I were college dorm mates and we became fast friends.   I was far away from my home island living in Utah.   Because of costs I could not travel home for the holidays and vacations. So his family kind of adopted me in many ways. It has been one of the great blessings of my life. This is how I met...Read Full Story

The first thing I did this morning is the exact same thing I do every morning. I checked my Twitter and my Facebook just in case someone posted something interesting while I was sleeping. (Don't want to be out of the loop for even one second... God forbid) It just so happens, my blog-friend Catherine Connors, has reposted something about her nephew, who is currently dying of a certain kind of muscular dystrophy. http://herbadmother.com/tanner/ Now, I've been avoiding reading much about Tanner...Read Full Story

The vacuum cleaner was made by Wards. On the bottom you could attach a thing that would allow you to clean with a wand and a brush. When she attached it, she was 30 again, three children were laying waste to the clean living room and her husband would be home before long. She loved the vacuum a lot. It was just so luxurious. As she cleaned her little park model with the Ward's vacuum purchased in 1986 she could almost feel the soft wisp of hair on her baby's head and hear her oldest son...Read Full Story