Thought we could use a sunflower around now or at least catch your attention with its brightness ...  I found myself wondering when thinking about what to post this morning, how such a gloriously beautiful season can contain the horrific…

The house is chilly, got the extra blankets out, and breast cancer awareness month is upon us.  So much going on to mark the season, events to celebrate, honor, inspire, ... a season of colorful uplifting energy ....  This week…

15 years ago today my friend Ginny's then 8-year-old daughter Sienna asked her Mom what they could do in response to the horrors they tried to make some sense of.  Our children knew that schools closed early but what they…

This is really something I wrote in response to a question about what I've learned from breast cancer, but I thought that this title would get more attention ...  For an article I was asked to contribute to, I thought…

Someone I trust told me that.  I can get behind that, why not?   I get to celebrate my birthday, which is often the best excuse to be particularly good to myself. This year I treated myself to this past…

Many of us will enjoy traditional July 4 festivities this weekend, and sometimes I am amazed that we continue to go on after the horrific acts of violence that abound.  I strive to remain grateful for the freedom my country…

The antithesis of violence and hatred.  That is what I want to create somehow this morning as I struggle to recover from the news from Orlando.   My heart was particularly tender when I heard, having just participated in an…

"Sweetest Heart" is a song I wrote for my Mom years ago.   It captures the love for a remarkable woman and relays the pride I always felt that she happened to be my mother.   Here's a Mother's Day song for…