I am Blessed

Since I was a child, I had a tendency to contemplate the questions that simply could not be answered. Or muse on tremendously philosophical concepts. One that I had given much thought to was that for us to unite as a planet we would need a common enemy. In my mind that common enemy would…

It’s been fascinating the last couple of years, remembering how to do things that at this stage of life we just do. The second brain surgery had a couple of consequences that I wasn’t anticipating. Mostly, I expected it to be very much like the first one even though it was described very differently. The…

I just spent the most amazing week and a half with my granddaughter and her parents. I could not have ever imagined the power of my emotions: to have her face light up every morning to see me, to have her crawl into my arms to cuddle, to have her take her first steps and…

I’m the middle child of a large family. There are eight of us – three boys and five girls. Growing up in a big family had its positives and negatives. With that many kids inevitably there was always someone to play with. On the flip side, inevitably there was likely someone you were at odds…

Frequently, I’m asked how I keep such a positive outlook, day in and day out. I’m not a Polly Anna by any stretch of the imagination. Rather I firmly believe if you can do something about a situation do it. If not, let it go. I know we’ve heard these words before and from a…

I find I am best about exercise if I set myself up with a challenge. Unfortunately, I am realizing repeating a challenge doesn’t do it for me. Back in the days, I was marathoning, I dreamed of running a marathon in every state. With ten marathons I had successfully done: The Marine Corps Marathon in…