Jewelry is weighted with meaning. Dare I say, if jewelry could talk, each piece would convey the story of how your personal jewelry drawer became their home. Our emotional attachment to our jewelry is laced with an assortment of emotions and memories ranging from love, joy, friendship, good luck, a birthday or anniversary, achievements, a […]

I listened to a close friend tell me, “People can be exhausting.” When I heard her words, they echoed my thoughts of the past. That night as l laid in bed I thought about her comment concluding that it is not the number of people in one’s life that is exhausting but rather the negative actions of a few who consume your thoughts thus exhausting you. I am a […]

  It is very hard to live with ‘mom guilt.’ My girls are adult women and you would think I could put aside my guilty feelings and revel in the joy of knowing they are lovely young women. So how can we deal with ‘mom guilt’ after 50? Joy comes from observing their actions. They are […]

  What do the phrase “take the high road” and  the phrase “I am woman, hear me roar“ from a Helen Reddy song from the ’70s have in common? The song goes: “You can bend but never break me ‘Cause it only serves to make me More determined to achieve my final goal And I […]

I am watching the sunrise in my apartment in the sky, appreciating the silence surrounding me and thinking, with joy, how much I am looking forward to Mother’s Day and thinking about the best Mother’s Day gift. I do have a tinge of sadness that my daughter, Jenny, and my daughter-in-law Jami will not be […]