I know. It goes against everything the experts have told us over the past few decades. Exercise more. Eat less. Lose weight. But many have learned with soul-crushing frustration (myself included), it’s not always the case. Like Sherlock Holmes, I decided to solve this riddle, and I think I finally did. Here’s how it happened… […]
The other morning my husband Randy did something so unexpected, so out of the blue, so sudden, so surprising, I gasped in sputtering disbelief. “Its for your own good,” he said as I stood there, blinking back tears. I never thought I’d see this behavior in my spouse of 37 years. Yes, Randy snatched away […]
Popular blogger Seth Godin has come up with a fascinating theory. He said the contestants on Jeopardy who win most aren’t always the smartest. They’re the ones who buzz in first. Many claim the answer comes to them in the nick of time, although they can’t say how. Seth calls this the “Press the Buzzer” theory […]
You think you know how you’ll react in a crisis. You think you’ll be calm and collected. But then it happens and you’re not. Last week I realized there was no chocolate in my house, and because of a blizzard raging outside, literally no way to get more. (Guys, you may chuckle, but the […]
Let’s face it. We all have aspects of ourselves we keep hidden. You think you’re the only person who has this strange list of defects. But are you? Here are 6 flaws of my own I’ve tried improving over the years to no avail… Still can’t parallel park – I’ve been driving for over […]
Some Christmases stay in our minds forever, no matter how old we get. My most memorable came in 1972 when I was fifteen. It was the first time I feared Christmas wouldn’t come…at least not in the way I’d always known. On December 20th, a huge storm pounded our little town in Connecticut. Electricity […]
The strangest thing happened in my grocery store the other day. I was walking around, feeling more relaxed than normal. I moved slower and calmer. I couldn’t help wonder why. But then I figured it out. The store was quiet. Not silent…but quiet. There was still the squeak of wheels on the floor and […]
Are you an extroverted, easy-going, happy-go-lucky canine? Or are you an introverted, mysterious, cautious feline? I believe everyone leans one way or the other. Not sure? Here are six essential questions to ask yourself… Do you go toward danger…or run screaming in the opposite direction? Our little terrier Libby’s immediate response to anything she doesn’t […]
Almost forty years ago, Randy and I wanted to jump in a van and drive across America. But work, family, and life intervened and we never did…until this past week. We took Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles. It was during this amazing journey, I learned several surprising things… My husband and I […]
Raising kids is tough. There are times you think you’ll never survive. But you do. And looking back, you realize it’s one of the best, most life-changing jobs you’ll ever have. Still, certain parts I would never have the stamina to relive… Getting them on the morning bus – Every parent knows this last-minute […]
