Life
2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of
Y’all, I am thoroughly enjoying having a roomy kitchen with a full-sized oven, a four-burner stove, and (what seems like)
My mother put a lot of time and energy into how she looked and how others perceived her. She never
Remember The First Wives Club with Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler about three divorcees who seek revenge on
My goals when we decided to buy a home, besides more space, were to have a more active social life;
If you’re on Instagram you may have seen women over 50, 60 and 70, putting their best selves in front
We’ve been in our new house for three weeks now, settling in nicely, and I am feeling an interesting mix
This week I caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen in ages. Our oddball conversation ran the gamut from
Amy Gutierrez was 18-years-old when she started writing for my first website, BreastCancerSisterhood.com. I always knew I wanted a young
No, this isn’t a reference to a gunshot wound. First used in 1916, it’s a metaphor that refers to something
Remember Rene Russo’s Italian Riviera colored smoothie in the Thomas Crown Affair? The enticing blue-green concoction that made many of
Here we are, the beginning of a new year. I don’t make resolutions. Instead I set a few goals and
Poetry has never been my strong suit, but today I found a poem I wrote decades ago. I was old
This week, Good Morning America (GMA) reported that the Surgeon General declared “vaping” to be an epidemic among teenagers, and
Our journey began early July, 2016. We went to a nearby RV park, in-spite of the ridiculous Texas heat and
I just picked up a copy of Magnolia Journal, Chip and Joanna Gaines’s magazine, because I loved the title of