Joe Soran

I am currently reading an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson entitled "Man the Reformer." Emerson is very, very wise. His essays are full of...

We all have so many stories to tell. The happy moments. The funny. Those about gratitude. Stories about loss. Telling stories is what...

"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."   I owe my mother my life. I was conceived in her. She...

"Music is the shorthand of emotion." Leo Tolstoy   Include your favorite songs in your letter.   Music is magical. Songs are simple joys...

I am a proud member of Toastmaster International. I have given many speeches. Some of them were very important to me; my father's eulogy,...

What would you rather leave your grandchildren, a portrait of your face of a portrait of your spirit? I think a portrait of your spirit...

You never know when the Big Man is going to snatch you up. It almost happened last Tuesday when I was hit by a car on my bike. Thrown on...

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...