We've been told dream big, but how? Dream Big! With years comes experience. When I first started blogging over a decade ago, social media was in its infancy & the way to grow readership & my vision was sharing my blog through channels like Reddit & email subscriptions. Fast forward to today. There are large…
Grateful
Optimist or pessimist? Do you find the 'good' in life and others or do you focus on the 'bad'? Life is a never-ending series of triumphs and challenges. The continual barrage of changing circumstances can be frightening or invigorating, it depends upon your perspective. I am an eternal optimist. I embrace what's good…
Giving Thanks
What are you thankful for; family, friends, good health? Thanksgiving is a day to acknowledge those things we hold near and dear to us, but did you ever wonder if others are thankful having us in their lives? Are our family and friends giving thanks for knowing us and being part of their lives? Does…
Family
I love my life! There are those who may think my life has not been easy, and it hasn't. I have faced pediatric cancer, an abusive husband, divorce, single parenthood and a host of other things that would make most people cower in fear. I love my life! I am blessed beyond my imagination and…
Happy Birthday Mom!
October 24th is my mother's birthday. She turned 85 years old today and my family is very blessed to still have her and my dad with us. My mother is suffering from issues and at her age she is not alone, but generally she is fine. How do you celebrate a birthday when you turn…
Celebrate 2013!
January 2013 is off to a quick start and another year is well on its way. There is a saying that time flies when you are having fun, so I guess I must be having a blast because weeks just seem to zip by. The new year is like a reboot for our lives, a chance…
A leopard cannot change its spots…
People are people and this world is filled with lots of them. Family, friends, neighbors, co-workers the list goes on and on. Life is full of constant introductions and interactions with others. There are people we like, people we tolerate and people we love. While philosophers have spent the ages trying to figure out the meaning of life,…
Cancer
Optimists have a way of finding good in everything. Looking at life as though the glass is half full is a way of appreciating the small things and trying not to be overwhelmed by the bad. There are times however, when the bad seems to overtake even an optimist. Cancer sucks and I have spoken…
Rain
Into everyone's life rain will fall, for it is only with the rain can beautiful flowers and trees flourish. Rain washes away the dirt and soot left from unsettled earth and rain quenches not only one's thirst but one's soul. Do not curse the rain, be thankful for it!
Milestones
We measure our lives by years and milestones; birthdays, anniversaries and even divorces and deaths, we remember those days in our lives that something major happened. I remember January 17, 2002 very well for that was the day my daughter Alicia was diagnosed with cancer. This week was the ten-year anniversary of our year from hell, right after the 9/11…
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