This time of year is . . . A lot of things. Well, it’s supposed to be anyway. For spending time with people you care about. For giving. For counting the blessings of a year almost over. For looking forward to a clean slate, a new twelve months full of promise….

I hope I’ll still have my very own teeth And be the very same husband’s wife But the one thing I wonder more than the rest: Will my cell number be with me for life? —- Sister Rain  

Grousing about how difficult returning to my daily neighborhood walks has been after a foot injury sidelined me for a few months, my husband suggested I take this particular day off and go the next since I had gone the day before. “The only way it gets easier is to…

What types of ornaments do you put on your tree? Elegant glass globes of red and gold? Balls in all the holiday colors? Maybe you have inherited your family’s heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation. Perhaps there is a theme: the Peanuts gang, beautifully feathered birds or only handmade creations….

You would think I would miss my mom most when at the beach, toes in the sand, waves crashing, or when in my car where she took up residence in my passenger seat in 1981 when I got my license. But I miss her most at noon during the week when…

“Your life can change in an instant without warning. You brush your teeth for fifty years, then one morning, toothpaste makes you gag.” —- Sister Rain  

This little guy was my only purpose when I got out of the hospital six years ago, finding myself blind without warning. Driving, my career, my ability to do just about everything as I always did was gone. Three months into his adoption from a bird rescue, Piper needed a full-time…

Today is six years since I woke up blind. Today is one year since I flew to Germany, my return to air travel after five years. Today I celebrate the anniversary of my trip to Europe, not my fall into darkness. “It’s not always easy to see the glass half…

My intent on this site is to post original content but sometimes I am compelled to share something I’ve learned. Today is one of those days. Thyroid cancer has doubled since the 1970s according to a segment on Dr. Oz’s show; click here to read the full article. But since you’re…

I make my nana’s recipe for filling. She never wrote it down, of course, but I learned by watching and helping her from the time I was a little girl. The first step is setting bread out to get stale for a few days prior to the Big Day. We were…