Thanksgiving is a time where we gather together with family and friends to celebrate the anniversary of the first Thanksgiving diner.  How many of us stop for a moment to think of what we are thankful for in our lives?  This seems like a simple question but if we had to name the things we are thankful for how many of us could easily come up with a short list?  For several years now I have made it an annual tradition to post to Facebook each day something I am thankful for during the entire month of November.  In the beginning the things I am thankful for are easy to…

When I began thinking about starting a blog, this was what I had planned to make my first blog post.  You see, several years ago I decided to start writing a book about, well you guessed it, life experiences and how they are valuable life lessons. My plan was to take a different event in my life as a chapter and explain the event, how I handled it and the lessons I took away from it as a guide to how to handle life.  I thought that by sharing my stories that this might help others going through the same things to feel like they were not alone and if…

Thanksgiving is a time where we gather together with family and friends to celebrate the anniversary of the first Thanksgiving diner.  How many of us stop for a moment to think of what we are thankful for in our lives?  This seems like a simple question but if we had to name the things we are thankful for how many of us could easily come up with a short list?  For several years now I have made it an annual tradition to post to Facebook each day something I am thankful for during the entire month of November.  In the beginning the things I am thankful for are easy to…

When I began thinking about starting a blog, this was what I had planned to make my first blog post.  You see, several years ago I decided to start writing a book about, well you guessed it, life experiences and how they are valuable life lessons. My plan was to take a different event in my life as a chapter and explain the event, how I handled it and the lessons I took away from it as a guide to how to handle life.  I thought that by sharing my stories that this might help others going through the same things to feel like they were not alone and if…