Creativity

I heard it from a songwriter (a clip from an interview on the radio):  The more that you create, the more creative you become.  Let's create something beautiful today, dear reader!

Caring

I love Dr. Seuss, and I recently watched "The Lorax." I really enjoyed it, and I loved the quote (which is so true): "Unless someone like you cares an awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." I agree, and I'd like to add a suggestion: The most important thing to care a lot about is not a "thing." It's each other.
 

Elizabeth of Hungary

Today is the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who was both married and widowed at a very early age; a princess who eventually used her dowry to build a hospital where she cared for the sick. She is the favorite saint of a retired nurse who is very special to me. St. Elizabeth, pray for us!

How can you help someone who is ill or is in need today?  (A smile, a visit, a card or letter, a prayer???)

House Guest

Last week, we received a visitor--in the mail!  His name is Roger.  He's a reindeer and he's traveling the world as part of a school project. A certain young girl wants to see how far he will go before returning to her. If Roger was an old-fashioned steamer trunk, he would have stickers from several countries and a couple of continents already! As we usually do with visitors, we allowed him time to recover from jet (postal?) lag, then took him to see the Alamo; we also snapped his picture, as requested.

Roger will stay with us for a few more days. Then we will gently send him on his way...to another country...in Africa this time. Roger says that he hasn't discovered that continent yet, and is looking forward to the next leg of his trip.

What country or continent would you like to visit?