Live for No Regrets… with Loved Ones
I wrote the following Father's Day post three years ago and am guided to re-blog it today. A NOTE OF EXTRA LOVE TODAY... especially for friends without their fathers on…
Caretaker Extraordinaire No More: Confessions from a Recovering Caretaker
I am participating in Diane DeBella’s #iamsubject project. Here is my #iamsubject story. There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. —Maya Angelou At times I…
Love Every Day™… and Radical Self-Care
A few months ago, I awoke with an idea. Perhaps it's not the most original idea, but it was one of those don't-let-me-go, write-this-down-now types of concepts that I knew…
Manifesting Mr. Partner
With Christmas recently here and gone once again, I received the gift I've requested the last few years: Mr. Partner. In these last handful of years, when my mom and…
Why *Not* Make Someone’s Day?
No, we're not talking about Dirty Harry today. Ponder the last time you were surprised, smiled and told someone, "Thanks---you just made my day!" Now consider the last time you…
Be an Information-Gatherer
So much has been swirling lately, and I imagine your life has been churning in its own way. We're also currently in Mercury Retrograde, which is tough to ignore when…
The Familiar Pain-Then-Joy of Reinvention
Sometimes we are awful listeners. Or just stubborn. Or perhaps just scared. We are patterned beings, and at times we get stuck. We get comfortable and may not even realize…
Re-collecting Rocks
I'm not really a collector. I've tried to be mindful of how many things I own, and I've never quite understood the passion for collecting baseball cards, stamps, coins, Hummels…
Feng Shui…Everything
(excerpt from my February 2013 Turtle Healing Energy Newsletter) Many years ago, I first learned of feng shui, probably a familiar phrase or concept to many of you. You can…
Protecting and Standing Up for Our Kids–Messages Inspired by My Own Childhood Abuse
This blog post is not about preventing horrific tragedies like our recent Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, though I continue to send so much love and light to…