Sometimes the simplest way to brighten your own heart is to help someone else smile. In this heartfelt reflection, Dianne reminds us that joy, laughter, and childlike wonder are gifts from God that can bring healing, gratitude, and hope into everyday life.

When a friend mentioned this week that it’s nearly July 4th and summer is half over, I gasped. What? Half over? How did this happen? Seriously? As I get older, it feels that time just goes faster and faster. A blink and a month is gone. Two blinks and half of the year has zoomed by. Three blinks? I don’t want to think. And yet, I also deeply believe that we must appreciate and value every day. We just don’t know when something will happen and life will change.