Why Prayers and Cocktails? I named the blog Prayers and Cocktails because I wanted to feel like I was writing a blog along the lines of a church’s small group meeting. With cocktails. Do you know how many more people would attend small groups each week if cocktails were served? …
I read about this case where kids sued their mother for being a bad mother. Evidence presented included missed birthday gifts. The lawsuit alleged that the mother had inflicted emotional distress on her children. Having had a mother and now having been a mother, I have this to say: Duh. …
A New Year Prayer: I am the New Year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months. All that you sought …
It’s January and a lot of people have started diets. Or if you’re like me it’s just an on-going process. I’m one of those that needs it to be a way of life. And the success of that varies with the needle on the scale. I do have a few …
I was telling a friend we- people in general, not he and I specifically- should come with warning labels. And, then, because I’m me, I wondered where they should go. And I thought they should be on our bottoms. That way, there would still be some mystery. I wouldn’t want …
I have spent a lot of my working years working with kids. And most of the time, I have worked with kids who did not have the life we want for kids. I have worked with foster kids, truant kids, criminal kids. I have worked with kids who had homes …