Our New Sister

Jude and I have been matched with our new Rwandan sister, Christine! We'll be writing her our first letter this week.

Check back for updates!

Below the Beltway Fun from the Sunday Washington Post Magazine

"If You Love the President..."

Gene Weingarten's Below the Beltway column in this week's Washington Post Magazine is so funny you just have to check it out. I MEAN HAVE TO! Over here it was responsible for audible laughter coming through the loo door as well as the "laughed till I cried" reaction a little later on.

If you're not an online Post member take the two minutes and register. It's well worth it. Cross my heart.

A Verizon Valentine

Since today is the day to celebrate sweetness, love and heartfelt feelings, I just had to share this little story. Even if it's just so you can see that Verizon employees have big hearts too, :-)

Being as we're covered in snow and ice here on the East Coast, there are many weary travelers out there this Valentine's Day trapped in the lovely confines of an airport...awaiting freedom in the form of a flight home. You know, those resort spots with their soothing spa-like seating, and their world class restaurants? Right, those.

A story comes from up North of a loving daughter (who happens to be the Verizon employee referenced above) whose father is stuck in just such a queue for freedom, enjoying those airport amenities. Having a heart, knowing her dad is all alone at the terminal, and obviously wanting him to know just how much she loves him, she called the airport trying to get in touch with the gift shops there.

They found one for her. Before long she was in touch with a woman in a gift shop and explaining to her the situation...dad's all alone at the terminal, she wanted him to have a little something, being that it's Valentine's and all...you know. Well don't you know they took the time to put together a gift bag full of things from all different shops in the airport for her!

Special delivery came in the form of the airport personnel paging her dad at the terminal and delivering it right to him.

If that's not a special Valentine, I don't know what is.

Share some love today...and every day.

The Secret

The Secret

Very pretty new movie about the age old concept of the power of positive thinking and how very real it is.

"The Secret Synopsis

The Secret has existed throughout the history of humankind. It has been discovered, coveted, suppressed, hidden, lost and recovered. It has been hunted down, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Now for the first time in history, The Secret is being revealed to the world over two breathtaking hours.

A number of exceptional men and women discovered The Secret, and went on to become known as the greatest people who ever lived. Among them: Plato, Leonardo, Galileo, Napoleon, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Edison, Einstein and Carnegie, to name but a few.

Fragments of The Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation which will be life transforming for all who experience it. "

The secret website


Check it out