Author: Kerley Perminio Most
I watched the supper bowl half time show. Beyonce was just fantastic! She is such a celebrity!I have always been curious about our fascination with celebrities. Maybe we try to attach our identity to theirs to feel successful, beautiful or powerful. It is fun to dress up like a celebrity or to buy the products […]
READ ARTICLEIn our culture only 8% of people actually accomplish their New Year’s resolution. If for some reason you let your resolve go, with focus, faith, patient and effort you can still join the few. Some apps can be incredibly helpful in this endeavor. One of them is MotivAider, which helps you to keep your intentions […]
READ ARTICLEI just love yard sales! This afternoon while walking with my family I saw a sign. We got in and started to search for hidden treasures. Chatting with the sellers, we found out that they were selling their parents’ belongings. One of the siblings said “It is the hardest thing to say goodbye to all […]
READ ARTICLELast week we were doing gardening. My husband handed me some dried up flowers from our garden from the previous year, they looked lifeless. Looking at them one would think that they had nothing to offer.I pulled off the petals and searched for the seeds inside. As I found the seeds and put them in […]
READ ARTICLEA conversation with a friend experiencing the death of a family member made me reflect on how hard it is to lose loved ones. No book in the world or friendly word can prepare us for the pain which comes from saying goodbye. However, the way we think while grieving can amplify or diminish […]
READ ARTICLEI remember my Kindergarten days and how my teacher would tell us “wait your turn”, “now it is time to clean up”, and “everyone needs to do their share.” The early sense of fairness and the expectation that tasks will be distributed evenly seems to become part of each of us during our early years […]
READ ARTICLEI recently saw a movie called “Sabah, A Love Story” it is a tale of a conservative Muslin Arab woman who falls in love with a non-Muslin Canadian. The relationship ignites culture clashes, frustration and many misunderstandings. It sounds wearying but the movie has a happy ending. Sabah’s story reminds me that each person is […]
READ ARTICLESocial networks such as Facebook and Twitter are excellent instruments to establish connection. Yet they can be a source of disconnect and rupture for committed relationships, because they offer an opportunity to reconnect with old infatuations. Social networking may make it easy to meet people with similar interests, particularly when you are feeling disconnected from […]
READ ARTICLEWhen my daughter was a newborn I was in a store when a girl about 7 years old looked at her, looked at me, and asked, “Is this baby yours?” Her mother looked terrified and held her hand as if to say, “Please let’s go, and how could you ask this question?” But the girl […]
READ ARTICLESome days ago I walked out to enjoy the change in weather and the warmth of the sun. I noticed the dry hydrangea plant in front of our house and how so much life was evident as the plant displayed a variety of new foliage. I looked at the other hydrangea plant and to my […]
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