The Art of Giving

As Thanksgiving weekend draws to a close, I reflect on the following passage:



The Art of Giving by Kent Nerburn (Letters to my Son)



Remember to be gentle
with yourself and others.
We are children of chance,
and none can say why
some fields will blossom
and others will lay brown
beneath the August sun.

Care for those around you.
Look past your differences.
Their dreams are no less than yours,
their choices in life no more
easily made.

And give. Give in any way you can,
whatever you possess.
To give is to love.
To withhold is to wither.
Care less for your harvest than how
it is shared, and your life will
have meaning and your heart
will have peace...

Note to Self: Mouthwash

Note to Self:

Do not making a 6-year-old laugh while he's got a mouth full of dental rinse. I just had to scrub the blue stuff from the sink, counter, faucet, and mirror.

It was pretty funny though.

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The Berns Sisters

The last couple of weeks, I have been dedicating my time to doing much reading and research, therefore I've not had the time to post. I am working on several projects and am hoping to share more about them very soon. One of them includes putting together my memoirs, my life as a burn survivor. This is a very sensitive topic for me, but I need to face it sometime.

I was delighted earlier this year when I learned of the Berns sisters. Triplets, who like me have suffered 3rd degree burns over a large area of their bodies. They are marked by scars from 20 years ago. Here is a bit of their journey, an experiment with a new laser treatment as documented by the Today Show:

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