by SharonBrani | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
What would you do if you knew that you c ouldn’t fail? It’s a powerful question and one that I’ve asked myself many times in life. Somehow as I’ve sorted out the answer from deep within my heart I’ve tried things that I never in a million years thought that I...
by SharonBrani | May 19, 2014 | Inspirational, Life Coaching, Uncategorized
Some of life’s greatest lessons are experienced in the most ordinary settings. Such is how it was this past Saturday when my girls and I walked into the local bakery. As our eyes took in the almost empty shelves we realized that we had come too late. But together we...
by SharonBrani | Dec 13, 2013 | Inspirational, Life Coaching, Parent Coaching, Uncategorized
She was deeply intent on her coloring as I walked by her desk. Small fist guiding a purple crayon back and forth across the white drawing paper. “What are you drawing?” I asked this first grader and I’ll never forget her answer. “It’s a pink dress for my Mama.” She...
by SharonBrani | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Coming home arms embracing. Hugs and excited greetings. I love homecomings. Don’t you? A few years ago I flew home from Russia with little Jenny. She was two at the time no idea what was going on how her whole world had changed with the adoption. As the plane circled...
by SharonBrani | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Laundry and dishes, work and then teaching day after day week after week month after month year after year. I hear the voices of so many. Tired voices. Weary just from trying to keep up. Feeling worthless and used. In the midst of those difficult stretches it is all...
by SharonBrani | Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
I saw them when I went to adopt. Children. So many little ones needing a family of their own. Children who were different. Precious ones who needed something more. My heart yearned to scoop up these children. To bring them home and to do all I could for them. I...