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Celebrating all women this Mother's Day ... Every Women is Phenomenal When we think of a "phenomenal woman", many of us may instantly...

Originally Published June 22, 2023 Caregiver Hands I've come to acknowledge I've been a caregiver for over 32 years. I've been...

Originally Published September 22, 2022 Me, Sparkling at 60! I just turned 60 and shared the following on my Facebook about my 60th year...

Originally Published July 1, 2022 Grandpa and Kaela ... Stories at the Cabin I came across this memory today. A rich memory. My ears...

Originally Published September 12, 2021 Karma with her Jade Green Eyes I thought I'd be okay. I thought I was prepared. I wasn't. She...

Originally Published July 31, 2021 July 31, 2015, Something Wonderful Today is our 6th anniversary of "Something Wonderful". The day we...

Originally Published July 1, 2021 My dad in a rowboat with his grandkids, my kids ... and his Island where he now rests easy July 1st -...

Originally Published January 26, 2021 Aunty Pat My heart has been tender, and my mind blurry as I've navigated these past weeks. Sadness...

Originally Published November 24, 2020 The Hands of a Grandmother and Her Granddaughter As I left a visit with my 85-year-old mom...

Originally Published October 10, 2020 Thanksgiving Dinner Last Thanksgiving I wrote a blog about the art of letting go and finding...

Originally Published September 21, 2020 Karen at 58 Fifty-eight. Where does the time go? So much has changed, yet so much has stayed...

Originally Published as a Blog August 31, 2020 Life is everywhere This was my very first blog post from August 2019. I never posted it...

Originally Published July 30, 2020 The Newspaper Obituary We used to read them in the newspaper. The Obituaries. Always a week or two,...

Originally Published May 15, 2020 Start Right Now, Take One Small Step I love these words from David Whyte. They align so much with my...

Originally Published April 2020 Less Proving. More Living. #TRUTHBOMB Danielle LaPorte Less Proving. More Living . What does this mean...

Originally Published March 24, 2020 Paul and a box of Kleenex These times. COVID-19, social distancing, self-isolation, stay home, only...

Originally Published March 16, 2020 Just Walking Each Other Home "We are all just walking each other home." - Rumi Dass As you read this...

Originally Published February 25, 2020 Ernest Gordon Turner September 28, 1956 - February 25, 1979 February 25, 1979 - the day my brother...

Originally Published on February 3, 2020 Highway Runaway Lane In these past weeks, Paul and I have traveled the highways of British...

Originally Published January 6, 2020 Today we're holding on. Debilitating disease teaches you how to let go, little by little, as the...