The Resolute Woman

Category: friends

  • The distracted adult syndrome

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    Too much screen time is bad for children, says Dr. Nicolas Kardaras, author of Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids—and How to Break the Trance. In fact, Dr. Kardaras concludes, that brain imaging studies show that excessive screen exposure can damage a young person’s developing brain in the same way that cocaine…

  • Brutal honesty

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    I can’t think of a better present than a book, especially when it’s a gift from a good friend who knows exactly what kind of book you will enjoy. My friend Mary Ann recently gave me a copy of Rainbow in the Cloud—The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou. I will share some of Angelou’s…

  • When to be kind

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    “Be kind whenever possible,” says the Dalai Lama. “It is always possible.” When I was in Washington state recently, I discovered wise words in a number of places—a large independent bookstore, a small antique shop and even in the airport. I found this quote at Village Books in Bellingham. –Joy

  • Agree to disagree

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    My friend Kerry, a Methodist minister, reminded me where the term “agree to disagree” comes from. In her church’s online newsletter, Kerry attributes the phrase to John Wesley, the first Methodist, and his friend George Whitfield. Wesley wrote in a letter to his brother Charles, “If you agree with me, well. If not, we can…

  • My family is growing

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    While I was visiting our friends Mark and Eva in Bellingham, Washington, I thought about this fact: Sometimes friends seem like family. And, how wonderful that is! My family expands when I move a friend from the very-good-friend category to the almost-like-family category. –Joy

  • The meaning of life

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    “Love is our true destiny,” said Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer and mystic. “We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another.”

  • Wonderful and most wonderful

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    I’ve known Stephanie, who is the same age as my daughter, since she was in elementary school. Now she’s a teacher and the mother of a beautiful baby—Millie Rose. On Sunday, I watched as the baby, dressed in a long white dress, was baptized. She raised her head and looked around, alert and interested, as…

  • Try to be a rainbow

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    I asked for pretty stamps at the post office—and I got them! They’re stamps adorned with a lovely, smiling photograph of Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings. And, I hit the jackpot. There’s a Maya Angelou quote on each stamp and another quote on the sheet of 16 stamps. On…

  • What kindness creates

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    I just received a beautiful card from my friend Ranna, and it has a Lao Tse quote that I want to share. “Kindness in words creates confidence,” Lao Tse once said. “Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” –Joy

  • A new friend and an old friend

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    I went to see Oliver Goldsmith’s play “She Stoops to Conquer” twice at Shakespeare in the Park in Dallas. And, I enjoyed watching the play and eating my chicken salad even more the second time. What Goldsmith once said about books applies to plays. “The first time I read an excellent book, it is to…