This beautifully written and touching book offers up the belief that troubles will inevitably come into your life but those troubles won’t always stay with you.
Good times will return and while the rainbow may not stay as long as you would like, there is beauty and hope in knowing that it will always come back to you.
Stay calm when you find yourself in the midst of a crisis for these can became moments of rebirth.
And rejoice, yes, rejoice, when the rainbow comes back to you.
This insightful outlook on life comes from a mother and son who … Read More



This past weekend the weather in my part of the world was picture perfect and I took advantage of it by visiting my wonderful son who lives in Richmond and also helping my talented sister and friends sell their crafts at a local fair. Oh my goodness unplugged, unfiltered, unscheduled time just feeds my soul to the max!
On a bridge overlooking the James River & the city of Richmond
It was a weekend of forgetting about my usual chores and errands and just spending time with people I love and care about. My feeling is there will always be…
Angry grief is not pretty; especially the white hot, messy anger that Richard Martinez is feeling.
Uncomfortable as it is to watch, everything Martinez is feeling is normal and human. He is expressing the rage and the sorrow he feels right now at the tragic loss 0f his son. We aren’t used to watching someone freely express their unfiltered, raw anger about the loss of a loved one. Our culture sends us the message that it’s better to keep a lid on it. Don’t emote all over the place.
Yet Martinez has experienced a shock, a deep loss that is… 



