Darling, as most of you know, I have been living a cloistered life, not because I chose solitude as a lifestyle, but because my husband’s three year battle with dementia has quietly narrowed our world. Most days I am here in our condo in the sky with ninety percent of my time spent inside these […]

Darlings, February is the month we talk about relationships, and most of us immediately think of the people we love: our partners, our children, our grandchildren, our friends, our neighbors who feel like family. But today, I want to talk about a relationship many of us don’t name out loud, even though it touches our […]

Darlings, every January arrives with a certain kind of hush. The calendar turns, the world keeps spinning, and suddenly we are invited to begin again. Not in a dramatic, makeover-from-a-movie sort of way, but in the quiet way that actually lasts. The way that starts with a small decision made on an ordinary morning. And […]

As 2025 draws to a close, I find myself doing what I always do at this time of year. I slow down, look back and take inventory. Not of accomplishments or accolades, but of moments. Quiet, hard and sacred moments. The fierce moments that shape a woman more than any checklist ever could. Can you […]

Thanksgiving has come and gone, darling. The dishes are put away, the leftovers have long been eaten, and the last of the autumn leaves swirl around as winter settles in. Every year, I feel a shift once Thanksgiving passes. It’s as though the world exhales and breathes in the winter holiday season. The holiday season […]