Parenting advice … from a liberal!
Now if you are not a liberal, and yet are continuing to read this, you were warned in the title so I don’t want to hear about it later! I am by no means a parenting expert. I was only … Continue reading
Focus on the most important person in your life and stop feeling guilty about it – you!
Recent long hours at both work and school have had me thinking a lot about work-life balance. Of course, even though I am now in the most time consuming professional job I have ever had, it is really nothing compared … Continue reading
Realizing I’ve found something better than a heart shaped box of chocolates!
Recently, I was chatting online with my twenty-three year old daughter. We had been talking quite a while when she finally said “Mom you never answer the really hard questions” and having actually just answered several questions I asked her … Continue reading
In a perfect world . . .
*every once in a while I like to recycle an old blog for those of you who haven’t been following me long. Sometimes it’s because it was a really good one, and sometimes it’s because I am just really, really … Continue reading
Choose to believe that happiness is possible, even on those days when all evidence suggests otherwise!
It turns out its true, happiness is really a choice. No, it is, I swear. Now some of you may doubt me. I know, when I have been in the midst of a depression myself, or a life crisis, and … Continue reading
Relationship Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention . . .
One thing I’ve discovered about having a large circle of interesting friends is that I never seem to run out of stuff to blog about. If I’m having a hard time thinking of a topic, all I have to do … Continue reading
Unhappy with your life? Change it, because this is the only one you’re getting!
Oh, I am sure there will be those of you who disagree. While living this life with the goal of some reward in the next might work for some of you, I have to function on the theory that this … Continue reading
Real change means re-examining our own thinking!
Every once in a while, someone will say something to me that just sets me off and I have to talk about it. This is one of those things. This week I posted pictures online from New Year’s Eve and … Continue reading
Choosing to see the positive on a cold, beautifully gay morning in Bangor, Maine!
There is so much good in this amazing city of ours, there really is. Now before I get accused of “blowing sunshine up your ass” journalism let me assure you I am not now, nor will ever be, a journalist. … Continue reading
If you think it’s bad now, let me assure you, it gets much worse!
While drinking coffee and reading news, blogs and various other nonsense online this morning I came across several articles about middle-aged women and New Year’s Resolutions. Hoping as usual to find something inspiring and uplifting I read on, only to … Continue reading
