When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back... Pay it forward There is a movie, a book, a movement, and there is even a day. The pay it forward day. Some people say: “It should be a daily routine”. I say: “There is never a wrong time to be kind.” Today is as good as any other day. I did not know More +
Archives for April 2015
This tiny house story isn’t about people moving smaller . . .
The first time I learned about the tiny house movement was through a video on a blog post from Danielle Chabasso: How can we change the world Yesterday at the airport, I bought a magazine and read a story of a couple that had a lot of debt and ended up moving smaller and smaller to end up in a tiny house More +
You are not alone
When I found the poem ONE on the internet, I immediately had to think of Shannon Curtis her song I know I know. I Know I Know"I know, I know; I've been there, too."That's the message of this video and song - the first single from my upcoming album CONNECTIONS - lovingly displayed by a beautiful More +
Send love & more to Nepal
My son said me at breakfast: "I don't like Monday's. That day after the weekend just isn't mine" That is when I told them about what happened in Nepal this weekend. I explained to them that millions of people have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck the capital of Kathmandu. Thousands of More +
Life needs a little frosting
This morning my duty was to bake cake. My daughter's favorite cake is citron cake. With icing, lots of icing. My son said it's pretty simple: "Mom, a cake isn't a cake without icing". And so it is with life. Life also needs a little frosting. Some humor, some wit, some fanciness, a little bit of glamour, More +
Embraced by the light
The photo of this little girl passed me several times this week. I only have to close my eyes, and I see it. It has burned itself into my memory. Usually, images create hundreds of associated words in my head. But this one is different. It makes me speechless. The few words that do come up are so sad, More +
Snow from yesterday . . .
It was my daughters Birthday, we were about to have dinner, the doorbell rang and my son stood there furious, his eyes brimmed with tears, his t-shirt ripped in pieces. What started off as a silly game resulted in a rather big drama. The story: 4 boys around the age of 10 played a camera team covering the More +
Respect isn’t gender specific . . .
Last week during a larger company meeting, I made a joke. I didn't go down too well . . . It was a silly little joke about women. I thought it was quite funny, but some of my US counterparts clarified that it wasn't in line with the aim to improve the perception of women in the workplace. I was a bit More +
The single most important gift you can give your children
Today my daughter is celebrating her 9th Birthday. Already a while ago people started to ask me what they could get her as a present. Not an easy question as already a few years ago Maja started to realize she has everything her heart desires. She is as we say in German "wunschlos glücklich". There is no More +
Spread the Warmth with Embrace
When I started off this blog, I found an organization called Embrace Global. They greatly impressed me. What started off as a student assignment became an amazing organization saving hundred thousands of lives. I have been thinking about ways to support them since. But big plans usually do not move that More +