Fathers Day

First and foremost Happy Fathers Day to every father out there and I hope you had a wonderful day. "Fathers make an important difference in the lives of their children, one can never underestimate the power of a loving, involved and engaging Dad. They really matter in big and small ways". - By Dr ATHENA STAIK, PH.D. …

Pure Love

In the last two months we have had two new babies born into our family. A baby girl and a baby boy. As we visited each baby in hospital I could not help think that these little babies are total LOVE. They  LOVE every inch of their bodies. They have no guilt, no shame, and no comparison. …

The Gift of Marriage

Today would be our 18th Wedding Anniversary. My late husband John and I celebrated 17 years together with 15 years of marriage and now I continue to remember our wonderful relationship. Every single anniversary we celebrated with much love and excitement. We were never too busy, we never left it to another time and I …

The Memory Keeper

Tomorrow is my youngest daughters birthday. She will be eleven. Since my husband passed away I have found the children’s birthdays quite challenging. The night before their birthday my late husband and I would lie in bed and talk about the details of that child’s birth, how we were feeling and the entire hospital experience. …

How are the children?

A friend recently asked this question and when asked I usually answer "they are good". The real answer is a little more complicated because it changes from day to day. I don't know how it really feels to lose a father so I can only tell you from the perspective of a mother watching them …