It’s been a tough week. One day I woke up at about 4 in the morning, and nothing was wrong, but my throat didn’t feel right. It wasn’t...

When Madi went off to college I don’t know how many times we told her to never go anywhere alone after dark. We explained in grisly...

I just had to do something that is absolutely ridiculous. I forwarded a blog to my daughter. Not one of mine, but one I had read...

I had my day planned. Breakfast, followed by devotions, paperwork and tying up loose ends for a company I’ve been hired to speak to, run...

This past Thursday morning Paul and I drove Madi to the airport and put her on a plane for the first leg of her journey to a semester...

Many years ago Paul came home one day and told me he had signed our family up for a membership at the JCC. I asked what that was, and he...

I often try to stand near pregnant women in the hopes of looking thinner. That is probably something I should keep to myself, but since...

When the pandemic hit and the world closed down, I will admit that I enjoyed it for a while. No, not the fear, panic and suffering, but...

The days are swimming by so fast that I have a 5 minute conversation with myself each morning as I open my eyes. “Is it Friday or Monday?...

I think there is a slight possibility I may have mentioned how much I despise insurance companies? Yeah, still working on letting that...

I’m going to tell you a secret about my marriage. I could see a gorgeous male model walking down the street, and I could say to Paul, “...

I have always loved the sound of pages turning - preferably onion skin paper like you might find in an old Bible. I’ve always loved the...

I think the biggest argument I ever got involved in was with a boyfriend in college who said I was irrationally stubborn. I know it...

Although it feels like the landscape of this country is changing and is certainly in turmoil, we are still a nation based on independence....

I’m typically a morning person. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to talk to anyone or have any interactions. I want to get up, have a...

I know I’ve been writing a lot about smiling and light and positivity. As I’ve said before, I don’t advocate ignoring what’s really...

I don’t know a better way to say this. Sharing toothbrushes is gross. But the other day I heard that if a person has a cavity and...

It was a couple of weeks before Christmas, and Paul and I had been married a little over a year. One night we took Paul’s mom out to...

The hostess looked down at the schematic diagram of the restaurant, and then she looked up and scanned the room. “I can go ahead and...

Have you ever come across something so beautiful and unexpected that it stole your breath? I once walked into a hotel lobby and was...