Give & Take

Give & Take

I brought Sam and Timmy to the grocery store last week.  Sam wanted to buy stocking stuffers for Rich. He brought a wallet swollen with messy one dollar bills.  We found aisle #7--the candy aisle--and Sam darted over to an enormous bag of Twizzlers.  "Dad will love these," he said with pride.   

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Patricia Batten
Falling Apart

Falling Apart

Have you ever felt like things were falling apart?  Maybe the glass cooktop on your stove is cracked because someone dropped your favorite mug on it.  The repair is costly, so now black electrical tape hides the damage.  You look around and the wallpaper is worn and window treatments are a bit tattered.  There’s a gouge in your wood floor.  Things are falling apart inside the house. 

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Patricia Batten
Giving Gratitude

Giving Gratitude

Clinical psychologists have lately been researching the emotion of gratitude.  This is known as the field of gratitude research.  Traditionally, they say, gratitude is felt and expressed when we’re indebted to another person. 

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Patricia Batten