A prosperous lawyer invested a sizable amount of his hard earned money in real estate in the growing city of Chicago, then lost most of it in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite their loss, the man and his wife spend countless hours assisting the survivors of the tragedy. Two years later, his wife and …
Frustration. My fairly free day of organizing and planning quickly turned into more responsibilities being added onto my already full plate. I tried not to be crabby at my family, since it wasn’t their fault and if I’m snappish then they are too. But I was very, very frustrated. My daughter asked if I was …
The humble brag-the act of stating a truth, but in a way that subtly allows you to brag about yourself in the way you say or bring it up. I caught myself doing it just the other day. A friend asked about how my knee was doing. I said something like “very well, thanks. I …
My eye was twitching, my shoulders were so tight I thought they were attached to my ears and my head was throbbing. I was stressed, but I just kept plowing through what needed to be done, because it needed to get done. Sound familiar? Stress is something we all deal with every day. There’s good …
It rips a jagged, raw and throbbing hole. It hurts to think, function and breathe. You don’t understand, you don’t know how to move forward and you don’t know what to do next. But you put one foot in front of the other and move on. If you have ever lost anyone you love deeply, …