Category Archives: Beauty

Truly Making a Difference in the Life of Another.

When you get face-to-face with those in need, it’s seeing them through Christ’s eyes. You realize just how much you have in common.  We are all poor; we just have different forms of poverty. There are wonderful individuals with tremendous … Continue reading

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER

Seventy percent of disease processes are directly related to stress,  which triggers hormones that suppress the immune system,  raise blood pressure and can lead to fatal obstructions in arteries. Cortisol and adrenaline are activated during times of stress, hostility and … Continue reading

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Tulsa Botanic Garden- Beauty of Osage Hills

Emily Ramsey wrote a very nice article about the  Floral Terrace at the Tulsa Botanic Garden, which was completed in October, 2015. “The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Floral Terrace is a 3.5-acre garden set on a hillside that overlooks the seven-acre … Continue reading

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A simple way to be more content with life. (Creative Deprivation)

Amy Daczycn, who successfully raised six children  says when ice cream cones were a rare treat her kids were happy with a junior size cone, savoring every drip. But, a small cone became less appreciated if the children received one … Continue reading

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What the butterfly can teach us in these three pictures.

From a tiny egg comes a caterpillar that inches along eating and eating, like a growing child. The caterpillar stops eating and is sheltered in the pupa or “chrysalis” where a transformation begins to take place. Before a butterfly can … Continue reading

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