by Laurie Short | Apr 13, 2017 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
Being a planner and having “issues” with control are traits that often come packaged with being a firstborn child. Since I was born ten months after my parents’ honeymoon, my mom said I started running things when I was two. Because I have had these traits longer than...
by Laurie Short | Apr 5, 2017 | Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
I am a stepmom. If it sounds like I’m introducing myself at an AA meeting, that isn’t so far from how it feels. These words require work for me to own, and they don’t come easily out of my mouth. After all, in the wonderful world of Disney, the stepmother is generally...
by Laurie Short | Feb 22, 2017 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
We are FINALLY in the home stretch. Just two months to go before the release of my new book. For the next 8 weeks, I will be gearing up for the big day by doing 3 things: FORMING a Launch team of people (you may be one of them!) who will receive an advanced copy to...
by Laurie Short | Jan 25, 2017 | Faith, Reframing your life, when changing nothing changes everything
She had green eyes, brown hair, and a soul that far surpassed her years. I loved her immediately. On the day we met, her father brought her to my apartment with the goal that she would approve of his choice. His intentions with me were becoming serious, and her...
by Laurie Short | Jan 12, 2017 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
The setting was World War II. The place was Berlin, Germany. After countless horrific deaths, the Allies finally began to gain ground to claim their victory. During the final months of the war, the British conducted daily bombing raids over Berlin. British Bombers...