Author of Heart of Gold and Chasing Fairytales. Professional Speaker, Write Coach, and Blogger.
While what’s sexy may be in the eyes of the beholder, we have to admit the 50-and-better years make it harder to feel like we’re as attractive as we ever were. Yes, I’m of that age, qualified to add my two cents worth, and I love to write about the subject. First of all, I’m
Did you ever have a moment when you want to sit down and ponder what just happened? How did my teenage or pre-teen daughter get so mean? I know she has real kindness in there? I’ve seen it with me. I felt the hugs. I know the love exists and yet somehow when this beautiful
One of the hardest things for me to do is to ask for something for myself because after I ask, I feel selfish. In the era I grew up, women were taught to be “quiet about” the things that they could do better than a man. We were put in our places, told that we
Sometimes I think the hardest thing for me is to wrap my head around the bigger picture of raising these three precious children. One barely 14, one barely 12, and the last barely 11. There are therapy sessions that asked us to complete homework such as listing glad, sad, and mad moments throughout the week.
Just a big city girl for sure. Along time ago I realized that I adore being close to everything a city offers. I love the theater, shopping, dining, art, and the intellect that educated cultured individuals bring to a conversation. I love café’s where I can sit and people watch. I love the hustle in
Have you ever sat down in tears, and thought, “I feel so blessed!” Well, today that was me. For a moment there were no words. No strife, no anger, no pain, no concern, and no worry. There was only immense gratefulness. A moment of humility unlike any other I’ve ever felt. I have always been
There are so many days when I try to put my head toward the wind, and my shoulders steady enough to embrace the gust that follows. I am certain that life comes with more challenges than it does opportunity to feel the moments of happiness. At least, that’s my life, as I know it. When
Recently, I was told that “women who grow their hair long at a certain age are doing it because they want to be young again.” That statement forced a rebuttal out of me. I responded, “I don’t let my hair grow because I want to be young again. Or even that I want to be
Today I told someone I am about as transparent as I can be. I thought I was! I tell people about my life-my circumstances-my choices all the time. What was pointed out to me, was that it seemed, “unbelievable.” The person to whom I was vocalizing my past in an almost chronological newsworthy kind of
This past week stories rocked the trending world. One of my Facebook friends suggested that the reason that Nepal had such a catastrophic earthquake is because a few random ignorant people killed a man in public. My Facebook friend believes that God is punishing the entire region of Nepal in retribution for this act. I
