It is 2:40 am, my computer screen is illuminated and I am wide awake. America and my ultimate concierge are sound asleep. Stillness surrounds me but my mind is racing. My circumstances wake me up nightly. Five years ago, I slept for nine hours every night. My daily life, at that time, was full but […]

Mothers and adult daughters have a complex relationship. I can attest to that because, as most of you know, I am the mother of daughters! I often ask myself, why can’t my relationship with my daughters be constantly positive? Why are my words, at times, taken out of context? Why are they over sensitive to […]

It’s important to recognize a piece of yourself in your friends. When you feel twin-like compatibility you are open to hearing their message. You trust their thoughts, their answers. As a woman over 50, I know from experience that this is true. Lessons learned from marriages, moving, widowhood, blending families, travel, volunteering,  career, disappointments, education, […]

As you know Darlings, I wrote a book! Stories for My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Journal was born from my deep desire for my fellow twenty-first-century grandmothers to build their legacies through stories. Designed as a series of writing prompts, Stories for My Grandchild makes it easy to capture your life: family history, memories, values, and […]

Darlings! I’ll be in your neighborhood. Meet me at the Lady Expo in Chicago on April 27th (9am-1pm) and get a signed copy of my journal Stories for My Grandchild   Before you dive into this week’s blog posts, don’t forget: I launched a community for women: MOXIE! It’s already a great place for women to […]