Author: Laurel

I love, Love, LOVE the movie “What About Bob?”! Bill Murray plays Bob Wiley, a neurotic but lovable therapy patient who is afraid of everything. His psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Marvin (played by Richard Dreyfuss) is quite helpful and Bob becomes totally attached to him. When Dr. Marvin leaves town to go on a family vacation, Bob panics. His fear of separation leads him to track down Dr. Marvin at his lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the house guest that will not leave and hilarity ensues. When Bob decides that he absolutely needs to get to his psychiatrist, he implements a therapeutic

Our daily choices can either lead us towards life or death. What are you choosing?

Responsibilities. Obligations. Duties. Tasks. Assignments. Work. We spend the majority of our days as adults taking care of all of these things. To be honest, our kids do, too. All too often we are overscheduled, overstressed, and overtired. So what is the antidote? Play. Good old-fashioned play. Particularly unstructured play where we use our imagination. It is organic, holistic, and just plain good for you! One of the greatest minds of our time put it this way: When we play, we learn about how the world works. We make connections. We find solutions. We discover who we really are. We

One of the most recent lessons I have learned about simply embracing life has come about in just the last few months. Several years ago I decided to quit torturing myself with new year’s resolutions and choose just one word to be my focus for the coming year. My word for 2016 is “Fresh.” As I have endeavored to incorporate more “fresh” into my life, I have come to appreciate its importance. I didn’t realize how stale some areas of my life had become until I began to pursue something fresh. Fresh air  Fresh food Fresh water Fresh attitude Fresh

I have very poor eyesight. The world is quite blurry and difficult for me to navigate without my contacts in or glasses on. Especially at night. I become easily disoriented and stumble along, hoping that I won’t encounter any obstacles in my path. I can navigate so much more confidently when my vision is clear. The same is true for our lives in general. If we don’t have a clear vision for our future, then we will find ourselves stumbling through our days, hoping that we won’t run into any major obstacles along the way. Surviving, but not really thriving.