Raasch Thoughts

I wanted to share with you a conversation with my Mom. She passed away 40 years ago but the memories of her are still strong. Just as the memories of her passing are just as strong.

Thank you for lett…

I know it is a simple analogy, but in baseball to be successful as a hitter you must towards your challenge. You must step into the pitch to be a good hitter. It took me a long time as a kid to get t…

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My experience of abuse has created a sense that sometimes I do not have control of my circumstances or situations. I feel that I can be manipulated if the right buttons are pushed.

This week I share …

Sometimes we have events in our life that are so dramatic and challenging that we just want them to go away and never return. Those events, whether we like it or not, impact us everyday. We just migh…

Our challenges shape us. How we use the lessons taught is another story. We could let the challenges bring us down and live our life wishing things were different.

The better option is to look at tho…

I saw TED Talk recently featuring Megan Phelps-Roper. It was eye opening, heart opening and honest. I shared this on my Facebook page. I found most comments to be encouraging, suggesting that we have…

Why does it take the words you are terminal to get people to realize how important it is to live? Why do we wait until then to decide that now I want to be myself, follow my dreams, live unconditiona…

This past weekend my son played his last basketball game. What is sad is that my daughter played her last high school basketball game just a couple weeks earlier. My daughter is graduating from high …

This week I share stories about the impacts of focus. Focus can be very beneficial to help us achieve our goals. However, I have witnessed first hand where focus creates a loss of awareness and tunne…

Leukemia is a tough, tough disease. I know. I battled it and one. I wasn't an easy fight and it is one that have mentally battled for years. Although I am seemingly healthy today, albeit a little gra…

This week I share a couple of stories that I experienced that had such profound impacts on me as a person. Each story revealed to me how just simple acts of kindness can change how a person feels, th…

What is wrong with being different? Is there strength in different thoughts, views and believes? Sometimes finding out how different you are can be a struggle or create a moment of soul searching.

Th…

Have you ever gone to work or out in public and had no clue that you got dressed in an odd manner? I went to work once with a dryer sheet hanging just a half inch or so out of the sleeve of my shirt.…

In the art of Kintsugi pottery is broken and then put together using gold lacquer to make that pottery even more beautiful than before. Although not perfect, there is beauty in it. Just like the beau…