Peace fills your heart when you surrender to your strengths and let go of your weaknesses. – From Debbie Macomber’s Instagram

One of the (few) great things about getting older is that, if you’re lucky, you also see the large amount of years your friendships have endured. When it comes to my closest friends, who I all met in my 20s and 30s, it seems as if there was never a time they…

I know we aren’t yet at the point where computers take over the world because my iPhone still changes a certain word, on the rare occasion I use it, although the fact that it happens enough that I am blogging about it belies my frequency claim, to “ducking”. Unless, of…

If someone were to get hit on the head by this would the M.E. consider the cause of death to be diabetes?

When I planned meetings for a living it became quickly apparent that it didn’t really matter the size of the event, the same exact steps in preparation had to be taken. Site selection, additional venues, food and beverage, audio-visual and tech needs: all had to be arranged. And so I…

Nectarine? Timer? Clementine? Mandarin? The only one I can identify by name is the timer.  

I have been waking up at 5 a.m. and therefore am falling asleep at 7:30 at night. Headed for bed last evening at 8:00 I realized that I am by all in-house accounts, old and decrepit. Every day a new ache or pain joins the grunt and groan inducing discomforts….

Make sure the holidays stay festive and fun by keeping these threats out of your pet’s reach: Household decorations: Broken ornaments can cause lacerations, while accidentally ingested tinsel and ribbon can cause intestinal obstructions. Candles: Open flames + curious pets = disaster waiting to happen. Decorative lights: Even when turned…

I am fully aware that law and order must exist if we are to maintain a civilized society. When I did drive, I slowed down when I saw a police officer. I’ve never gotten physical with anyone unless slugging an eight-year-old boy giving my second grade self her first kiss…

“Mommy! Mommy! I want to play!”   “Why are those birds so angry?”