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I have often been asked to describe who I am. Often, I hem and haw because I wear many hats. I am a woman of a certain age, a wife, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, girlfriend, writer, author, problem solver, world traveler, shopper, owner of a company, and ya da da da da da! When push comes […]

Happy Easter, dear friends. My Ultimate Concierge and my pooch America wish you a day of celebration. Love, Shelly, Honey, and America Today is Easter. A few days ago was Passover. Loyalty is on my mind. I am fiercely devoted to the meaning of the word, loyal, and lately, after my trip to East Africa, […]

Today I would like to share the story of a woman I met in Nairobi, Nikki. After knowing me for three days Nikki said, “You are ageless.” I was taken aback for two reasons: I was never able to articulate who I am; even though I knew. How was this stranger able to articulate my […]

My days are filled with continuous tasks. They are never ending and on one hand, I thank my lucky stars for them because I am never bored doing this and that. And, yet there is a part of me that says, I am missing something. I am missing stimulating conversations with women of substance. I […]
