Jenny Evans Dunham

This past Thursday, I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family. We had four generations present from my husband’s side of the family. My son-in-law had a joyful reunion with biological father whom he had not seen in ten years. It was a good day and many positive emotions were experienced. Continue reading »

Since I hope this blog is encouraging you to find ways to life your best life, I would be remiss not to recommend Mike Robbins to you. He is a motivational speaker who focuses on the importance of appreciation. This week his newsletter article is about telling the truth. You can read it here . He also has a corresponding audio you can listen to.

I encourage you to sign for his newsletter and to read his book Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation. With so many discouraging things in the news right now, we can all use a lift.

Well, it’s election day here in the United States. Each generation in my family is participating in some way. Both of my parents are voting. My husband and I went to the polls early this morning to cast our votes for the candidates we support. My younger daughter will be voting in a presidential election for the very first time. Even my grandchildren are eagerly planning to accompany their parents to the polls later on today. Although they are still very young, their homeschool group had a mock election last week where they voted for the fruit of their choice. Continue reading »

Yesterday was September 11, a day that is forever stamped in the memories of most Americans. Although we personally may not have lost a loved one, our country lost something that day–the sense of security that we had always felt on our own soil. Continue reading »

In the past month, two people who were close to me when I was growing up have passed away. One of them had suffered from a terminal illness so his death was expected. However, the other one had a sudden stroke and was dead within a few weeks although he had been recovering nicely. I don’t know about you but I have a hard time dealing with loss–of people and stability in my life. Continue reading »

Well, I promised to let you know what I thought of Focus on the Good Stuff by Mike Robbins. It’s a wonderful book that teaches the importance of appreciating what we have in life. Continue reading »

I was watching the news last night and heard a truly heartrending story. During the recent earthquake in China, many parents lost their children - their only children. For a number of years, China has had a “one child only” policy in place. Therefore, when these parents lost their children, they truly lost their entire future. Watching the news story, I could see how utterly devastated these parents were. One set of parents who were interviewed said they did not plan to have another child because it would be too painful to risk also losing that child. Continue reading »