by Beth Lueders | May 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People
Last month I wrote about how we can get stuck in life with the same ol’ routines. The same foods, the same drive to work, the same debate with a spouse, the same TV shows, the same thought patterns. To boost us out of a rut, I introduced you to Wendy, the...
by Beth Lueders | May 16, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Personal Change
Invaluable life lessons come to us from a myriad of sources. Even from unexpected places like a state correctional facility and an inmate sentenced to life without parole. For the past four years I have been communicating with a “lifer” prisoner via occasional phone...
by Beth Lueders | May 10, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Perspective
If you do an online search for “Mother’s Day gifts,” you’ll find at least 459,000,000 (459 million!) different gift ideas for dear Mom from chocolate-drizzled strawberries and fresh floral arrangements to crossbody bags and spa gift cards. But instead of sharing the...
by Beth Lueders | May 2, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People
Tap. Rap-tap. Tap. For the past several weeks I’ve heard the slight knock at my front door around 7:40 every weekday morning. My 11-year-old neighbor five houses up stops by now to greet Posie, my new collie girl who was a littermate to my Ayrabelle. Bit by bit, I am...