Finding Courage in Adversity
I think of my father more often these days. At sixty-six, like his father before him, he had a stroke and lost the use of the right side of his body. At the…
Sisterhood ~ A Woman’s Strength
In the last couple of days a comforting image has come to mind on more than one occasion. The car accident my husband and I were in ten days ago shook us to…
Though I May Never Know Your Name
My psyche, or perhaps more accurately my spirit is bereft and cluttered with the shattered glass and twisted metal that now lies far behind us in a desolate junk yard… small bits embedded…
Remembering My City of Ruins
It’s hard to fathom that it has been nine years since that fateful September morning in 2001. My experience of those moments had a profound and lasting impact on me as it has…
How to Avoid Sabotaging your Weight Loss Efforts
American women of all ages are obsessed with their bodies and how they look. I doubt there is one woman alive that has not been on at least one diet in their lives…
You’re Never too Old to Follow Your Dreams, But you May have Lost Your Nerve
Just about the time I turned fifty all hell started to break loose in my life. My father died and my mother, almost ninety, needed attention. My kids were leaving the nest, 9/11…