by SharonBrani | Apr 15, 2013 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote. Words that challenge. Words of hope. But I wonder do I live like I really believe this? Every day…….. days that are filled with challenge and struggle. days that demand...
by SharonBrani | Jan 18, 2013 | Adoption, Inspirational, Life Coaching
Yes, we need a special cake decorated with swirls and twirls representing my joyous feelings. It’s time to celebrate Noelle and Jenny’s adoption and my heart wanders back to those two special red letter days when God placed them in my life. Adoption had not been in my...
by SharonBrani | Jul 31, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
“She’s so tiny,” I said under my breath when I saw Jenny for the first time. Kostroma, December 2002. Born weighing only 1 ½ pounds. A miracle if she had been born here a doctor said. I knew from the time I saw that short video of her that she was my second...
by SharonBrani | May 25, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
Waiting is difficult. It’s all too easy to run ahead. Have you ever done it? Years ago, too many to count, we suddenly discovered that a circular metal fence around our flowerbed had been taken. My parents were upset. Troubled. Disappointed. So a few days later while...
by SharonBrani | Mar 29, 2012 | Inspirational, Life Coaching
Life is filled with difficult places. Tough decisions. Hard calls. It is then that we often find ourselves tossed back and forth. Grappling with choices. Overcome by unrelenting fear. Years ago when I was in the midst of my second adoption I found myself going back...