by SharonBrani | Dec 11, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
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 and I’ll never forget her answer. “It’s a pink dress for my Mama.” Her brown eyes danced as...
by SharonBrani | Jul 18, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
From the time when I was very young I wanted to play the piano. So when my parents bought an old upright piano when I was nine, I was thrilled. I sat down with my mom’s old piano books and worked to figure it out. One note at a time I began to play. First the...
by SharonBrani | Jul 14, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
Her feet were so tiny when I first met her more than nine years ago in Kostroma, Russia. And as I slipped them into those pink little shoes that had I purchased in Kiev more than a year before I marveled at the perfect fit. God knew that they were her shoes...
by SharonBrani | May 31, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
When faced with a huge task it’s important to focus on each small step forward. I went back to school when I was 45 and my daughter was a year old. I loved teaching first grade. The best of years. Teaching my bright-eyed six and seven year old. Every day an adventure....
by SharonBrani | Apr 13, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
It is easy for me to think of times when I have fail. Times when I could have done something different that might have caused a better outcome. Yes, I could easily share many such experiences. God’s grace is sufficient. He knows our weakness and so marvelously takes...