At Christmastime, whenever I feel overwhelmed and a little out of sorts, all I have to do is think of my father and the things he'd be doing if he were here – and I smile.

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God!

Life is like music on a scale, shifting up and down. When your life is over, your song has been written.

Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.

As the old year retires and a new one is born, we commit into the hands of our Creator the happenings of the past year and ask for direction and guidance in the new one. May He grant us His grace, His tranquility and His wisdom!

Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.