Two weeks ago, a friend invited me to visit her in North Georgia. She wanted me to take a tour of the store where she and other vendors sell handmade crafts and antiques. The two-story, brick and wood-frame store was constructed more than 100 years ago along the town square. Over time, a couple of…
What To Do When Life Throws a Curve Ball … or Two
When life throws you a curve ball, or a series of curve balls, you can choose to ignore it, feel despair and sadness over it, get angry over it, or make life changes in response to it. Elisabeth Kubler Ross, in her book, “On Death and Dying,” described the five stages of grief as denial,…
The Day My Cat Saved My Life and I Heard the Voice of God
Chased by a Kitten In the Spring of 2002 I was a reporter covering a story at a local church. Following my interview with the pastor I saw – in the back of the parking lot – a pile of kittens eating food from a plastic plate. I knew what I had to do. I…
Ghostly Experiences: What Should You Do?
Have you felt the presence of an angel or spirit around you or perhaps even a ghost? Psychologists explain it as being nothing more than a sensed presence, which occurs when we are under great stress or when we are in a situation we are not prepared to deal with. Social isolation following the loss…