It doesn’t take getting pregnant for me to appreciate my mum. I always have, often quietly, thinking about how she put up with me, let alone my two older siblings. Now I’m becoming a... Read more >>

Standing alone, I look around me. I see walking hand in hand, a couple, so young and in love. An elderly couple, I think to myself, “Wow! Still together throughout all these years!” A... Read more >>

“Be sure to take care of yourself”  “You can’t take care of others if you don’t take care of you first” “Treat yourself” “Be gentle with... Read more >>

Most often when people think of reinventing themselves, they think of the most obvious: outside appearance. A simple change in hair color, change in style, and friends is labeled as reinvention;... Read more >>

I love you, but I’ve got to do me I love you, but I have to pursue me Support me along the way, but don’t stand in my way I don’t want to be influenced by outside voices My inner... Read more >>

When I pray, I am expressing my heart’s desire to the one I acknowledge as the creator! I have to admit, in the past, even though I sent those prayers out, there were times when a part of me... Read more >>

It strikes me every day. Every day in a different way. I’m old; older. I’m at the place where I no longer know the person looking back at me in the mirror. She’s a... Read more >>

I’ve seen a lot. I’ve been to the depths of depression and back up to the height of happiness within one year. I’ve lost a friend, broken up with a boyfriend, fought with a best... Read more >>

Mama needs a night out! I keep sippy cups in the community fridge at work. My sleeve is the latest in tissue innovation. And, at last count (yes, I counted), there were 137 cereal chunks strewn about... Read more >>

This was the title of what I call an insightful movie some time ago. Quiet often you see these kinds of movies that have the power to make you look inside, scrape your inner skin, and awaken that part... Read more >>