Giving Tuesday

  If you are an American you certainly are aware of “Black Friday” and perhaps now “Cyber Monday”. Both of these days focus around one thing in particular….spending money on material purchases.  The masses will literally line up for hours before store openings on the Friday after Thanksgiving, while online companies offer massive discounts to […]

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A Thankful Heart

I am an American who loves to celebrate holidays.  It was not until I moved to France until I realized how much I appreciate a few specific celebrations. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that officially is not celebrated as a day off here in France.  In fact, on November 28 while Americans back in […]

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Are you in over your head?

When someone asks us that question a lot of considerations come to mind. The answer is in fact different for each and every human being on the planet. In the West we would likely consider how many things we have purchased on credit like a home or car or new TV or private school. We […]

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Lincoln Said it best

When Thanksgiving became our national holiday there were no Black Fridays or Cyber Mondays although the skies were indeed black with the smoke and gunpowder covering the fields of the civil war. Lincoln knew that in spite of his stand with the Union in the military conflict the hurt and sorrow being inflicted across the […]

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