Hello All, I was in the need for some more good news this week, so I thought you might be too! So I decided to write about people who are doing exceptional work, making people smile and making a difference! They are my heroes! Flavaine Carvahlo is the restaurant manager at Mrs. Potato Restaurant in Orlando. She recognized that a young boy had visible signs of abuse, and though his family was eating, he wasn’t allowed to eat.  She wrote a note that said “Do you need help?” and showed it to him in a way that only he could see it. He nodded yes. Ms. Carvahlo called the police.…

Hello All, I love inaugurations. By the time inauguration day occurs, it doesn’t matter who is inaugurated – I have usually gotten over being happy or sad by the end of the previous November! What is so special to me is that this is so uniquely American. It is majestic and soothing. It is a day that is hopeful and prayerful. It is a day that is both full of reflection and forward-focused. It is a day where I am so proud to be an American. (And I usually cry!) It is also a day steeped in history. Presidents have been inaugurated starting with George Washington. And like everything else in life,…

Hello All, Well, 2021 has not started out as I hoped. Our country remains tense – the pandemic is just relentless. We are tired. We are wary. I decided that the blog I was going to post this week could wait another week. One of my favorite authors Charlie Mackesy, who wrote “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse”, posted in Instagram the following, using his characters: “‘What do we do when our hearts hurt?’ asked the boy. “We wrap them with friendship, shared tears and time, till they wake hopeful and happy again.'” So I thought I would wrap our hearts with joy and good news this week. Or as Willie Giest…

Hello All, I wrote this week’s blog last weekend. I was ready to go on Thursday night – being productive! And then the events of Wednesday occurred. So I will hold onto the blog I had scheduled for this week for next week. In my heart, I knew I needed to write something very different this week. My cell phone started to buzz repeatedly on Wednesday afternoon, to the point where I actually had to stop and check it out. I watched with a very heavy heart and a horrified mind the news of the riots and the storming of our congressional chambers. I watched as people huddled in fear,…