The Grateful Mama

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

Joseph Addison

I pulled into the parking lot of a fairly large and busy local drugstore. I sat in my car for a minute […]

Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.

Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt

I have to warn you that this might be a pitiful post. I’m feeling a wee bit woeful. On the heels of an ugly fever a week or so ago, I’m […]

“If a multinational company developed a product that was a nutritionally balanced and delicious food, a wonder drug that both prevented and treated disease, cost almost nothing to produce and could be delivered in quantities controlled by the consumers’ needs, the very announcement of their find would send their shares rocketing to the […]

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keoniq

We took a trip to Vancouver recently and the girls were promised one souvenir. Our holiday was to […]

“A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt to be dangerous.”

Alfred Adler

It’s strange when your innocent little four-year-old looks you right in the eye and lies. I think Pip’s experimentation with fibbing began in the bathroom. She isn’t one to linger in the loo. In fact, […]