Joe Soran

A great new book just came out - "The Next Conversation" by Jefferson Fisher. In it, he writes "That night, and for the next years of...

Give diamonds to your grandchildren. Each precious diamond has a unique shape formed by different facets that capture the light and...

I took my car to a carwash. On the side of the building is a magnificent mural. It depicts an old native American passing a grinding bowl...

I was further inspired yesterday to write my letter to my grandchildren because I was with two of them. The older of them is a three year...

There is so much potential in grandchildren! An ocean of potential that flows over the horizon in beautiful colors.   I have an eleven...

Williams James, the great American philosopher and teacher said, “The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast...

I met a very inspiring woman. Her name is Hildy Valenzuela Wendtland. As a teenage girl she lived in Communist Cuba. On April 1, 1980, a...

I recently went to the movies and saw "Mufasa" with four of my grandchildren. I was struck that the movie was the telling of the...

For me, Christmas is a combination of joy and anxiety. Joy for being with family and anxiety about buying gifts. I hate the buying of...

One Buy a $2 composition notebook from an office supply store. It's only $2! That's less than a cheeseburger.   Two Use the 20 minute...

"War is something that never should happen, but does."   Veterans have something very, very special to share with their grandchildren. It...

Oh, the joys of the holidays! The traditions. These are moments in a person’s life closer to their heart than Monday’s or Tuesday’s of...

Now that is a great description for a story teller. It is also reveals an important truth about truth. Really good and entertaining...

A famous grief counselor with many years of experience relayed an experience of one of his dying patients. The man had just months to...

You want your letter to be sticky. To have your stories and your ideas stick with your grandchildren. If they read it and forget...

This is a tricky math question and a trickier biology question.   The obvious answer is two. Good job. Here's your B+ in math.   However,...

Another good friend passed away yesterday. I had known him for 35 years. He was one of the good ones. We worked at the same company for...

“Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.” Socrates What would you rather receive from you...

My parents used to say that the world is going to hell in a hand-basket. I got upset every time I heard them say that. It was so...

You hold in your possession the pen that writes your life story.  When you let other people get you angry or upset, you give away your...