Channelling Sarah B.

This is Sarah B., one of the most genuinely beautiful--both inside and out--people I know. She is thoughtful, kind, gracious, helpful, uplifting, and eternally positive. Her spiritual depth is breathtaking and she has an incredible brain in that beautiful head of hers. She always has an enthusiastic "Wonderful!" or "Fantastic!" ready to unleash under any circumstances, whether it truly IS fantastic, or an utterly chaotic disaster. I find that when I want to be really, really, really nice (for instance: when I at work, or answering the phone at home, or meeting people I don't know very well) I ask myself the very important question, "WWSS? (What Would Sarah Say) and before I know it, phrases such as: "That is absolutely FANTASTIC!" or "Wonderful!" or "Thank you so much!" and "I would LOVE to!" come rolling off of my tongue.

Something very magical happens when I channel my inner Sarah: I have a smile on my face and in my voice and I feel HAPPY!

But it's exhausting to keep up. How does she do it?

Roy G. Biv

One of the greatest things I learned from books is how to remember the order of the colors in a rainbow. When I was about eight, I read a mystery novel, and one of the clues that gave away the criminal was the use of the name Roy G. Biv. The smart young detective spotted this immediately for the mnenomic device it was: the 1st letters of the colors in the rainbow. I have used this immeasurably over the years, and today I shared it with my nephew, Asher. I realized after watching a very informative episode of Dr. Oz that I am not eating nearly enough of the recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables. So with Roy G. Biv and Asher in hand, we headed to the grocery store, where I had Asher pick out: Red apples and bell pepper, Orange grapefruit and carrots, Yellow lemon, Green cucumbers and broccoli, Blueberries, Indigo grapes and Violet (purple) cabbage.

Just look at that smile:



Dang, now I can't get that cheesy song out of my head...you know, the one that was played with the primary lesson? "I'll build you a rainbow...."