Category Archives: life lesson

March Madness..not just for men..

Welcome to March Madness….does basketball have your attention, or is it the spring weather? Maybe it’s Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. For me, March and madness go together this year. I have been all kinds of surly about the fact that we even need a month dedicated to Women’s History. It’s bothered meContinue reading “March Madness..not just for men..”

Shine on

I offer you a beautiful metaphor of an article about trees accepting the seasons of their years. From the Daily Ohm and sent by a good friend, Molly. If you ever struggle with accepting what is happening as the years pass by, please click the link to the article. https://www.dailyom.com/inspiration/aging-gracefully?utm_medium=email&utm_source=inspiration&utm_content=test In the meantime, I askContinue reading “Shine on”

Never as easy as it sounds….

Two days in to July. Easy so far, given we haven’t done a.single.thing….However, as we emerge into the world, to the grocery, restaurants, it will get harder. Remember I mentioned my niece who does day 28, well turns out she also does day 17 except when traveling. As we shared space for a few days,Continue reading “Never as easy as it sounds….”

Raising Parents

I remember the first time I felt I had slipped into an alternate universe. A universe in which my siblings and I were parents and my dad was the child. Not because my dad had lost his faculties; he had every last one of them. Rather we found ourselves questioning the wisdom and safety ofContinue reading “Raising Parents”

Emerging from the Cone of Silence-finale

The alarm sounding at the end of 168 hours was glorious! But hey, at least this hourly countdown was not as horrific as James Franco’s cutting his hand off in 127 Hours. Hmmm…what other number based connections can I make….OH, it was not as titillating as 9 1/2 weeks, much more interesting than 21 Grams.Continue reading “Emerging from the Cone of Silence-finale”