When life gives us lemons, we just have to make ourselves some sweet lemonade. Here you’ll find our musings, pearls of wisdom, and personal stories to guide you through life’s passages. Explore how to embrace your beauty with style, discover new adventures, navigate the nuances of relationships, pull back the curtain to deal with life changes, and resonate with the reflections of other women.
Dedicated to My Father on Father’s Day To all of my darlings, Today is Father’s Day. For those of you fortunate to have your father, I am very happy for you. For those of you with sons-in-law who are fathers, I send a Happy Father’s Day to them. And for you who have lost your […]

It is early morning in the Good home. I tiptoe out of our bedroom for two reasons. I don’t want to disturb the peaceful sleep of my two guys: my ultimate concierge and my puppy, America. Selfishly I like my alone time with my thoughts. Walking into the kitchen, I make a pot of coffee […]

Meet My Darling Husband, Shelly Good! Welcome back to my podcast, darlings. If you are just tuning in, start at the first episode. If you’re all caught up, get ready for a real treat. In this new episode, my darlings, I had a wonderful time interviewing my ultimate concierge of over 20+ years, Shelly Good. It […]

Happy June 1st, My Darlings! I hope you all enjoyed a great last week of May. My trip to Moscow has been a delight! I can’t wait to get back to my beautiful Chicago and see what this new summer brings. I hope you all are ready for hot weather, summer vacations and fun! Retirement […]

Prepping For Our Voyage It is 5:20 am. I just completed signing and addressing birthday and graduation cards to four grands and wrote notes to Danielle who will move into our condo to take care of America. Then I phoned the credit card and phone companies to inform them we were traveling, made sure my […]
