How’s Your Self-Esteem Doing?
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” — Eleanor Roosevelt These are great words, attributed to a special lady. Do you believe...
View ArticleYour Story Does Matter
I discovered the above metal plaque browsing through a shop in Punta Gorda, Florida back in April. It spoke to me so deeply that I knew I had to buy it and place it where I could see it often. It’s a...
View ArticleGrowing Older – Forgiveness
The older I get, the less emotional baggage I want to carry with me, so at this point in life I have learned to pick my battles carefully and let go of those I no longer want to own. I have realized...
View ArticleDesiderata
Forty years ago, when I moved into my first apartment, I came across a beautiful plaque and purchased it for my new home. The wise words written upon it resonated with me from the moment I read them....
View ArticleIn Celebration of Introverts
It’s time for introverts to stop feeling like they should be more like them…extroverts, that is. It seems like there are many more of them than us, or at least it did when I was growing up. I was...
View ArticlePathways
After a recent trip to Cape May, NJ, I noticed that many of my favorite photos centered on this walkway from a Sunset Beach cottage to the Delaware Bay. Thinking back, I realized how I have always...
View ArticleGetting It Back
This is an article that I wrote as a guest blogger for Gilda Evans in April 2014. In today’s busy world, it is easy to lose oneself…to get so caught up in daily activites or the lives of others, that...
View ArticleChange
The necessity of change is difficult for many of us to accept. There is no doubt that sudden unexpected change such as the death of a loved one is devastating. Some are able to integrate loving...
View ArticleGifts for the Spirit
Sometimes life’s most precious moments occur when we least expect them. Is it because you didn’t plan it? You were busy with everyday events and not thinking about it.. Is it because you didn’t try to...
View ArticleYou’re Worth It
“It’s not that important” or “it doesn’t matter.” Sound familiar? Is this what you say when you break a promise to yourself to do something that is good for you? Perhaps your goal is losing a few...
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