Click on underlined for links that will enhance this post. Last night my boys surprised me by asking me what my favorite movie is. I told...

This past week was another heartbreaking one where I found myself shocked by the news of yet another shooting. This time at a parochial...

Clicking on the underlined will take you to some links that enhance this post. It was instilled in my siblings and me to say thank you or...

Clicking on the underlined will take you to some links that enhance this post. I was writing the other day and I was listening to Kathy...

I have heard this saying often and in different ways. I even know of a book with this very title. This past week has been a testament to...

I am not much of a Science Fiction fan, but the year I picked up The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, I appreciated the...

This was another exercise from Story Exploratory with my writing group. We were to take a stroll through our camera rolls, select and...

I will preface this blog post with the fact that this was an exercise from my writing group and it evolved into this ad! Are you seeking...

My husband gifted me a 50th anniversary edition of the book Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg on my 40th birthday. I wish I had...

The minute I finished the book, Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah several years ago, I knew I needed my best friend to read it. As usual, I...

For several years now my brother has been encouraging me to watch the compelling Yellowstone series. I hadn't had time to watch it, but...

It has been three whole weeks since I have written. I feel like I let myself down a bit, but on the other hand, I feel like I have been...

(Tap on underlined links, if you wish.) As soon as I heard that the Judds announced their Farewell Tour, I knew I wanted to be able to...

On this National Day on Writing folks are asked to ponder and share why they write. For several years I have dutifully written my post...

If you know, you know! I recently binge watched and finished a brilliant show (in my opinion) called Jane the Virgin. I say brilliant...

No matter how old my three children are I still see them little kids in my memory's eye! The fact of the matter is that they have grown...

A recipe for love of family was being created in front of my little girl eyes as I sat in a chair in both my grandmothers' kitchens. I am...

One of my writing group colleagues uttered the wise words, "permission to pause" and I quickly scribbled them down. I figured one day...

I attended a 9/11 memorial service yesterday and the guest speaker asked us, the audience, to close our eyes as he recounted the fateful...

There I was in my professor's office attempting to make a huge life decision.What was I going to focus on in graduate school? It felt...