As the child that made me a mother celebrates her birthday, it’s given me pause to reflect. So many birthday celebrations over the years. I was never big on parties, particularly the present requirement. We had our standard group we would hang out with, so it was always the same folks at all the birthday…
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…
Our house was always filled with music (still is). But when my girls were growing up any situation could make us break out in song. For instance, on foggy mornings, we would sing America’s “Ain’t it foggy outside …. “ Vacuuming was almost always done to the soundtrack from Beaches. When one of the girls…
Many years ago I took the Dale Carnegie class – How to Win Friends and Influence People. One of the many wonderful things I learned was – consider the worst case scenario. Once you figure out what that is decide if you can live with it. If you can you are all set to move…
I have been a diehard country music fan as long as I can remember. The song “I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” (Barbara Mandrel) could easily be my theme song. When my girls were much younger, we had a local radio station that you could call in a pair of songs during the lunch…
Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. I love that it’s about family and friends being together. Over the years we have had some amazing ones as I had a tendency to invite everybody and their brother. This year was especially wonderful as all except one of my siblings were able to gather at my…