Life
I remember a comment my mother made about the difficulties of growing older: “Wait till your friends start dying.” At the time, she was about the age I am now, and while I knew what it was like to have both of my husbands die, her words stopped me in my tracks because losing my
Recently I was speaking with the realtor who has the listing for selling my family home. It’s been several years
When I was learning to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality assessment, we did an exercise to see if we
“Here,” the photographer said. He slid my portfolio back across the table. “Really,” I thought? He didn’t even look up.
How many times a day do you say “I’m sorry?” I was with a friend recently, and we began discussing
I. Love. Music. My personal music playlist has 15 hours of everything from the late, Chicago, blues musician, singer/songwriter, Little
The morning of my 40th birthday started with a bang, literally. The mother of a nine, six and four-year-old, mornings
I heard someone talking about the upcoming Olympics and realized I was in London, as a spectator, less than four
I was in a yoga class recently, standing behind a woman I will describe as a professional body. Everything about
I want to join in the chorus of my 1010 Park Place colleagues who are ranting about self-absorbed people who
I’m fed up. I’m tired of people telling me they hate their lives and their careers and they, “Can’t be
Forgive me, but I’m writing this to vent a bit. Does anyone else feel like we’ve become too self-promoting? Everyone
I know an extraordinary amount of things most people would find trivial, boring or shocking. For instance, I can discuss
When I worked in banking, there used to be an area called Special Loans that dealt with companies that had
On my recent trip to Italy, I took only a backpack. Knowing I would be walking for 30-minute stretches while
What is it about Deacon Claybourne that makes my ole’ heart go pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat? Just about everything! The way he
Like many women, I suppose, when I was a Mrs, it was my job to run the house and run
Our dog has recently started working as a therapy dog. Her primary clients are a group of seniors, many of