The plane landed in Phoenix, I unbuckled my seat belt and was about to stand up. But before I did, I searched for my cell phone, making sure I had it in order to call the person to pick me up from the airport. I looked in the pockets, in the bag, in my purse. …
As I slipped under the covers in the hotel room this past weekend, I sunk my head on the pillow and enjoyed a good night’s sleep. But I confess, years ago, I’d never be able to do that that—travel by myself, unable to see the surroundings, spend the night alone in a hotel in a …
I gasped when I read this headline: “Chinese Woman Mistakes Airplane Exit as Bathroom, Deploys Evacuation Slide.” Her mistake was all over the news. The process to put back the slide in place delayed the flight for hours. Her passport was confiscated and she probably went home with a suitcase filled with embarrassment. That’s what …
“Ouch! Ouch!”…that’s what I wanted to say, but I couldn’t. My fault entirely. I let my routine teeth cleaning go beyond the six month. And although I’m the queen of flossing and teeth brushing, I paid a painful price at the dentist chair. There I was, mouth wide open, bib placed under my chin, and …
Decades ago, while still in my hometown of La Paz, Bolivia, birthday celebrations were a big thing. With a handful of invitations, I ran from house to house on the dirt streets where my friends lived. Anticipation danced in my heart as I delivered them with pride because my Mom had designed them with colorful …
I received a peck on the cheek as I hugged a small, frail woman. “Welcome beautiful visitor,” she said. She brought small bowls of rice to feed the children who gathered outside her tiny nipa hut nestled in the rural areas of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. In the midst of the humid, scorching heat, …
I just heard that Costa Rica is the place to go for a make-over of the body. You know those muffin tops? They can be gone now. Or if you want a little tuck here, a little fat removed from here, some added there. The whole body can be transformed. “And the price is incredibly …
I sat beside a delightful lady at a recent prayer gathering. She related with passion each of the steps of her healing from a devastating car accident. “The healing was miraculous,” she said. Broken bones healed with no need for casts, cuts on her face healed with no scars. And doctors said she would lose …
Sometimes the biggest obstacle is the fear we pack in our suitcase when we travel through life. We stood at the doorway of the hotel room. “Is there anything I can do for you?” the lady who picked me up from the airport asked. “Well…thanks,” I said, “only one thing…can you go in the bathroom …
“We went to the library to take a class to learn about preventing Alzheimer’s,” my friend said. “Good idea,” I said, “but aren’t our parents the ones who need help in this department?” My friend began naming the things one can do to keep the memory sharp. “There are things like listening to a variety …