I've always loved the company of women. I realized how important we are to each other when I was a little girl and over the years I've come to appreciate the bonds that connect us from infancy to old ...

Growing up, I always had an Advent calendar. Each day I would open the consecutive cardboard flaps that would reveal a small gift of chocolate. (I loved that they were a different shape every day.) It...

Has 2020 seen you lose your mojo? In the midst of a coronavirus crisis, falling into a funk and starting to doubt yourself is easy to do. (But, you already know that.) And looking like you've tried wh...

We're friends, right?

I feel like we're friends. So, I feel like I can be really honest with you.

I always look forward to the holiday season. If you ask anyone who knows me, I've always been a *li...

How are you feeling today?

Really?

Take a minute to check in with yourself. Are you doing okay? That's something I I've been asking myself lately. 

If your answer is no, I totally get it.

We're al...

You know what?

Your body is not uniquely weird.

And even if our bodies aren't what they once were - they carry our hearts and souls. 

You are not a size, you are a shape. Sure, you can tone and tri...

We have to value ourselves not for what we look like or the things we possess 
but for the women we are.

~Maya Angelou

My mother. An immigrant. The epitome of grace and grit. A young widow who gave u...

I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.

~Mitch Albom

The mother/daughter bond is complex and it changes with each stage of life. Over the pass...

I'm two finger typing. 

Normally I'm a fast typist. I credit that to my years of musical training on the accordion. (To be clear it wasn't my choice, I wanted piano lessons. I have German heritage an...

Amanda confided "I haven't felt *pretty* since the lockdown, I'm losing my mojo and my stay-at-home-style is schlumpy."

Catherine is currently doing a closet edit. She's bemoaned the fact that she ca...

I'm more than a wee-bit-weary of all the COVID-19 transformational nonsense that *on-line motivational gurus* are preaching to have me accomplish unreasonably uber-ambitious goals, so I can carpe diem...

You keep going.

Because your uncommon efforts lead to uncommon strength in uncommon times.

You are stronger and more important than you know.