
I love the holiday season! I feel an awakening with its wonderment. The spirit of giving and family togetherness makes my heart sing. The enjoyment of gift giving fits the times. Looking for the perfect present for those we love and feeling the excitement when we finally find it! Then, tucking it away until the […]

Can a wife continue to live a charmed life when her husband is aging and ill? The obvious answer is no. I became the wife who finds herself suddenly serving her ultimate concierge a glass of chocolate or vanilla Ensure or a smoothie (I am now the queen of smoothies!) instead of a smooth Chivas […]

I’ve often mused on how my spiritual needs have evolved through each passage of life, and how at every phase there are powerful spiritual tools to center and elevate. Using these spiritual tools marks the beginning of a process of emotional healing and personal growth, helping us confront difficult feelings as a natural part of […]

Many women over 50 report feeling lonely and invisible. After a couple of years of pondering, I’ve found some common threads as to why. I’ll offer my tips on a good course of action to take your life back and emerge a visible woman. To me, loneliness and visibility are two peas in a pod […]

“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.” —Reinhold Niebuhr, The Serenity Prayer (1943) How to Find Joy When Starting a New Phase in Our Lives What a gift to […]