You know those days on your life’s calendar that you’ve come to accept… but that you’ve been dreading? Yesterday was one of those life calendar days for me. My Mom had surgery scheduled for early yesterday morning.  I was awake all the previous night.  Tossing.  Turning.  Trying to turn off the thinking. I got out of bed at 4:00 am.  [...]

This may be simplistic… maybe even a bit naive… but have you ever made a decision to lead an entire day with a smile?  I did this yesterday.   And what a good day it was.  Even the grumpiest people are disarmed by a smile.  It’s kind of like, “Oh, I guess I should smile back…”  Suddenly, even the eyes [...]