Great Life Gifts

I work two jobs, but my husband makes more than me. He has always made more than me.  One of the reasons I married him (in addition to the grand love I have for him) is I knew he would provide for our family. Does that sound traditional? Maybe it is. Before I married him, I dated an attorney. But he wasn't a litigation attorney; he was one of those work-for-legal-aid-type attorneys. That was admirable. But that was the type of non-profit work I do and I knew it wouldn't provide for a family. And for me it's important that I am in a family that provides for the family. While I didn't marry the work for legal aid- attorney I've wanted to be the kind of family he came from. His family sent their children to boarding school, France, and prestigious private colleges. And in doing so he had the choice to become a  work-for-legal-aid-type attorney . My family wasn't like that. My family sent me to my grandparents in the summer and public school in the winter. On ...

When God wanted to take a break from the stress of creating the universe, He took out his paintbrush and doodled in the sand, the stars, and the flowers. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/35606653277915835/ At the end of the work day, you could take a clue from your Creator and get out your marking pens and sit in silence while you color a Mandala. In its literal Sanskrit translation, a mandala symbolizes the container of sacred essence we all are. You can see this mandala theme reflected in the human physiology in the design of your eyes or the uniqueness of your fingerprint. Over the course of civilization, nearly every culture has revealed a reverence for a symbol of sacredness through religious or spiritual structures such as the grand cathedrals of Christianity to the mosques and synagogues of Muslim and Jewish traditions. In less ostentatious ways but no less meaningful are the medicine wheel and dream catchers of Native Americans or the Celtic Cross. As a tool of meditation,...