Douglas enjoying a day on the lake. In celebration for the life of Douglas Evans Madsen.

Douglas still extending his heart and hand outward More Alive in Heaven- A Story of Healing, Purpose, and Redemption ***Douglas and I...

Hey there, I understand the tremendous courage it takes to reach out to another on this path that you never, ever imagined walking, yet...

Photo Credit: Artist Gerard ter Borch, 1655 My dad was not to be convinced that a memoir was necessary to document his life. However, none of us with the exception of my late brother had a memory that could recount with the accuracy it required. His administrative assistant who had been by his side life for almost fifty years would have gladly written it from his dictating it to her. Oh, how his wife tried to coerce him, yet his response was always the same. No one would real

Photo Credit: Artist Lucy Campbell I witnessed something that I never have before in all my years on the planet. My husband and I were opening a can of fruit cocktail, a childhood treat we both recall with fondness, and it was empty. Filled with only juice. No fruit, not even bits of it at all. These kinds of happenings do not go unnoticed by me. I trust there may be a nugget of wisdom contained within. Days passed and in-between some deep dreaming and quiet meditations I sen

Photo Credit: Artist Marc Chagall, Solitude, 1933 So much is being written about the loneliness epidemic. I strongly believe currently it is as prevalent as ever. I suspect there is not a human donning an earth suit that has not felt lonely. I most certainly have. In fact, a recent report stated that one in three living in America have experienced loneliness. I heard something on Tosha Silver’s Outrageous Openness Forum which is resonant. It was in response to a letter writte