counting our blessings

It Could Be Worse

After talking with friends and reading the news and some of the topics here, I have come to realize something..... IT COULD BE WORSE!!I think we should all stop to count our blessings, no...

I'm so thankful for....

1. My Family and Friends (On-line and Off-line) 2. My wonderful Son and his huge progress(especially in the last three to six months! I'm so proud of him..he works so hard!:) 3. The Therapists and...

Toy Fair Day 1

I had to tear myself away from my new nephew to head down to New York for Toy Fair. It wasn’t easy, but it would have been much harder had my sister still been pregnant. So I’m counting...

Thanks Goodness

Eric Hoffer once said, "The hardest aritmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings". Certainly, in my opinion there is no existing mathematical formula that could...

Happy Thanksgiving to Me

Want to talk about blessings? I got one early this Thanksgiving. I'm not sure if he's actually early for Thanksgiving (because we are certainly thankful), or REALLY early for Christmas... because...

Cultivating an Attitude of Happy Gratitude!

If you are not counting your blessings or cultivating an attitude of happy gratitude through out the year; you might miss seeing the opportunities available to make your dreams come true. Our...

The Grove Prepares For Hollywood's Most Festive, Prefabricated Christmas Celebration [Warning The Ne

This weekend prior a team of seasoned workers ascended a wooden ladder into the stuffy, cramped Attic at The Grove™, deftly maneuvered around a few dozen leftover boxes from Forever XXI (How...

* Plan Now: Make the Most of the Holidays*

Freedom of Want~ by Norman RockwellMy aunt told me that a little old man she knows once told her, "When you get to be my age, Christmas comes every two weeks". While I may not be there yet, I think...

Black And Gold

A boy had two boxes in his hand which God gave him to hold. God told him, to put all of his sorrows into the black box, and all his joys into the gold. The boy heeded God’s words and in the two...

Personal Development: Get Yourself Out Of A Crabby Mood By Being Grateful

Got a case of the Mondays, Mr. Grumpypants? Self-improvement blog Dumb Little Man has compiled a list of things you can do to get yourself out of a crabby mood, one of which is counting your...

Music Review: Pharaoh's Daughter Haran

Even within the insular Jewish community Hassidic Jews are considered isolated. They live in their own communities, have their own schools, and rarely marry outside of the sect. Hassidim is a...

Back to Boxes

I thought I would share with you a quick photo from our last amazingly crazy move (in 2005)... of Morgan popping her head up from the sea of boxes in our then living room. The kids made box costumes,...