Posts Tagged ‘Friends’
The Cupid Project
Thursday, February 4th, 2010I’ll Just Build My Own
Monday, December 22nd, 2008It’s Still a Wonderful Life
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008!–paging_filter–pWe see it on television every Christmas:nbsp;a movie that continues to be a favorite from generation to generation. /p
pAnd as emIt’s A Wonderful Life /emnears its climax, there’s a scene that always gives me a shiver. Because I know the story behind it./p
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
This Is a Precious Thing
Monday, November 10th, 2008Grandma Butter was our next-door neighbor. The immigrant widow of a Polish baker, she had come to California because of the warm climate, because her ailing brother lived there, and probably, to be frank, because there was nowhere else for her to go. She lived in a Quonset hut next door to our Quonset hut, near the hospital where my doctor husband was doing his residency. But these were temporary lodgings for us, and I didn't see any need to become Grandma Butter's great friend.
A Perfect Match
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008I put up my new 1994 calendar in the kitchen, feeling like I'd finally gotten my life back on track. The past year since my divorce had been a long, hard struggle, but my three boys and I had adjusted to our single-mom household.
My job at a furniture factory kept food on the table and paid the bills. And I'd started going to church again with my mom. I couldn't quite believe as she did that God had a deep, personal interest in our lives—I figured he had more important things to worry about than me—but I definitely found comfort in being closer to him.
It’s Up to You
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Lots of us have been there. Stuck in a job that gets us down. You know the feeling. You dread Mondays. You watch the clock, praying for the workday to be over. This can be a recipe for misery. On average, Americans spend 80 percent of their waking hours at work. That's way too much time to be unhappy. Every job has its challenges. Everyone has bad days at work. But if you find yourself screaming, "I hate this job!" once too often, it's time to change your life a little—or a lot.
Courage to Change
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Looking back now, I can see it was fear that was holding me back. Not fear of dying. Fear of trying. I was afraid to succeed. I was afraid to be different. I was afraid to walk away from a fight. Why? Because for most of my life, I didn't know any other way to be.
I'm from Niagara Falls. A beautiful place, you think. And you'd be right, if you were talking about the Canadian side, the part that tourists flock to.
Hello, My Name Is…
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Everyone who sees Scott Ginsberg knows who he is right away. And it’s not because he’s famous for anything. It’s because he wears a nametag. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
On his way out of an event in college, Scott noticed a trashcan full of discarded name-tags. "I thought, What would happen if I left mine on all day?" He got his answer quickly. The simple act of putting his name out in the open "inspired these great conversations, and I started meeting all these new people," he says.
Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
The Closing
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Pink Is for Hope
Monday, October 1st, 2007!–paging_filter–pTibetan bells chime softly as I open a door wreathed in pink roses. Pink letters spell out a welcome signmdash;Lovely Lady./p
pSoon I’ll be greeted by some very special women. quot;My ladies,quot; I call them. They mean the world to me. So does this shop. Yet if I had my druthers, I would close it down tomorrow, after nearly 30 years. Let me explain./p
pI was a young nursing student in California, full of idealistic dreams back in 1976. I didn’t know where life would take me, but like many students, I felt a desire to make a difference./p
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
