What memories do you have of Thanksgiving Days? We got to thinking about one Thanksgiving in our home a few years ago. We had the family over for a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. We enjoyed the meal and were thankful for so many things, including being together. The next morning we were making breakfast and noticed a very strange smell in the kitchen. We searched the garbage can and found it was not the offender.

Have you ever wished you had more confidence? When people are confident they are more likely to stretch and reach for what they really want in life. We know the feeling of anxiety, especially when doing something for the first time, and how much better it feels to be confident. So we decided to share some ways to develop confidence to not only help with the challenges you face in life but also to help you go for your dreams.

The weather transitions we are all experiencing now with the change of seasons got us thinking about transitions in life. We’ll share a transition with you that we experienced a few years ago.
We heard the lap, lapping of the waves against the shore as if they were trying to sooth our sadness. After a sleepless night, the squawking seagulls and the morning sun reflecting on the water helped us face the day. As some transitions are, it was bittersweet.

I put on a wild, feathered eye mask. Then Doug showed me a fun mask that has been in his family for years. (You’ll want to see this! You can check it out in the related video.) Those actual masks got us thinking about a different type of mask – the persona masks that each of us puts on in our lives. Have you thought about what persona masks you wear and how they affect your life?

How do you savor fall? We like to savor each season and experience the best aspects of each one –and now it’s fall in all its glory. Nathaniel Hawthorne said, “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” So we took his advice and went to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen to see the many things going on there and enjoy some fall color.

Are you shocked by what has been happening in our world lately? Isn’t it enough that we have floods, hurricanes and earthquakes that destroy people? Now we have people who destroy innocent people. I (Lynn) must admit that when I heard the news of the senseless shootings in Las Vegas, I had tears streaming down my face. We want a more peaceful world.

There has been a lot of news lately about the weather and how it’s affecting people. There are storms and hurricanes that happen in the atmosphere. That can be a metaphor for the storms and challenges that happen to most of us in our life. We call these challenges, “life storms”. Our hearts go out to all those affected by hurricanes and other natural disasters and all who have faced the challenges of “life storms”. We wanted to learn more about atmospheric storms and also how people weather their “life storms”.