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 […]

“A daughter is an extension of her mother and also a woman unto herself” ~Honey To handle mother-daughter arguments, the goal is to stay calm, bite your tongue instead of firing back, communicate with each other’s feelings in mind, smooth things over before a verbal fight grows, and keep the relationship open with loving gestures […]

That is the birthday my mother will celebrate on April 14 this year, and this piece is my thankful letter to your mother made personal—a heartfelt, handwritten thank you letter to mine. She will sit at the head of ‘her’ table at her favorite restaurant with her family, sip champagne, and dine on her favorite […]