I believe that discipline is an integral part of a child’s happiness and well-being. I believe that it is important to set clear boundaries and consequences and to be consistent with them. Continue reading Discipline, Love, and Communication.
Many people focus on having friends, but I think we should focus on being a friend. To me, the key that unlocks the door to true friendship is commitment. Continue reading Friends
To me, helping is a way of showing that you care. It is important for all of us to feel that we are not alone in the down times of our life. Continue reading A Helping Hand
Kindness is a willingness to full heartedly celebrate someone else’s success. It also includes being kind to yourself, by taking good care of yourself. Continue reading A Little Dose of Kindness
If we are to live in this ever changing world of ours, we must learn to tolerate things that we see, and this takes patience. Continue reading Tolerance and Respect
To be able to respond rather than react we must know who we are and what we stand for. It is also important to recognise what we have control over and to learn to detach from what we don’t. Continue reading React or Respond
Instead of looking at others we need to look within, our attitude often is a mirror of the way people act around us. Like the echo, how we react to others sometimes causes others to react to us. Continue reading The Echo
The Alpha House is always there in the back of my mind, to remind me that life goes on and to get the most out of life we need to work at living the type of life we want for ourselves and our families. Continue reading The Alpha House
There is an old saying that ‘you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family’. Maybe that is a good thing otherwise we might not be chosen ourselves. Continue reading Families
The other week I came across a drawing that my grandson had done about twenty five years ago. It was a portrait of me, with curly hair and a pleasant face with fine wriggly lines. Continue reading ‘Crinkles’
When You Get To My Age 