A new relationship begins when one person is encouraged to enter into ‘conversation.’ Conversation is an art. Though I do not profess to be artful, I realized when I was quite young that I really enjoyed initiating conversations. I knew even then that you need to start a conversation to start a friendship. I also […]

I love when people tell me their home is their castle because so much goes on inside those four walls. Your home is the place where your positive and negative emotions flow, where decisions are executed and children are raised. It’s the place where arguments happen, recipes are tested and holidays are shared. It’s behind […]

I have been writing my musings for the past year on the topic of women feeling more and more invisible as they age. I told you, dear readers, in one of my stories, the word invisible was brought to my attention during a meeting of a women’s group. Before that day, I never equated a woman […]

How does a mother recover from rejection by an adult child? When a piece of her life is missing? While there is not a single mother-child relationship that is free of conflict, a mother never anticipates her child abandoning her. Aside from the three abuses, sexual, emotional and physical, how can anyone permanently abandon their […]

Why was I proactive in my health care and why did I go for an early colonoscopy? What is the relationship between Garden Valley, Idaho, the word “queen” and last but not least a colonoscopy? The word “queen” in the title is used as a metaphor. Garden Valley, Idaho has to do with its spiritual environment and […]