No New Year’s Resolutions for Me

TweetEvery year I start out by making one or more New Year’s resolutions.  And every year, long before we are even half way through, those resolutions are long forgotten.  When they do come to mind, then I feel badly about once again not having succeeded in meeting whatever goals I had set.  I feel like [...]

The Best Holidays Ever

TweetI wonder why it sometimes takes me so long to understand things.  Each year as I take out the ornaments and decorate the tree, my mind wanders to the holidays of the past and all of the memories of Christmases past.  I keep trying to hold on to all of the traditions of those times [...]

Christmas Gifts Revisited

TweetChristmas Gifts Revisited Some things never change. This is the blog that I wrote last year at this time and I find myself in the exact same place this year.  If you have any suggestions, I sure could use the help! Here it is – a week plus until Christmas and I don’t have my [...]

A Hole in My Holiday Spirit

TweetThe tree is up and decorated, the candles are in the windows and our home is ready for the holidays.  I got the Christmas cards that will be sent to those that I want to send special greetings since I won’t see them during the holidays.  But, I didn’t feel like writing them and I [...]

An Inspirational Holiday Story

TweetRecently, a dear friend of mine, Tara, shared with me a very special story in response to one that I had sent to her.  To me, her telling of her very unique experience set the stage for me for the holidays and what I believe they truly represent.  Therefore, with her permission, I would like, [...]

A Call to Action for Women’s Medical Rights

TweetAs a two-time breast cancer survivor, I have been carefully watching all of the controversy that has been going on from the testing of young women for the breast cancer gene through the universal health care debates and now, the new recommendations for breast cancer and cervical cancer screening.  I have finally reached the point [...]

Wind Down Week

TweetEvery year, the holiday season comes and goes so very quickly and each year I promise myself that I am not going to have that happen again without enjoying the season to its fullest.  To that end, I have officially declared the coming week to be Wind Down Week wherein I will complete every non-holiday [...]

More Stars Speak Out on Domestic Abuse

TweetDuring the past week, Rihanna did interviews with “Good Morning America” and “20/20” about the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Chris Brown while Mariah Carey admitted that she was abused in her first marriage on the “Larry King Show”.  In addition, Chris Brown had his own interview to do for MTV News [...]

Michael Jackson and This Is It

TweetI have never been a Michael Jackson “fan” and I am not really very familiar with his music.  However, my husband purchased tickets for the movie over a month ago when they first went on sale and I was really rather curious to see it.  Earlier this week I spoke with people who had seen [...]

The Shame of Domestic Abuse

TweetI was recently reading an article about Mary Murphy, one of the judges on the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, about her experiences as a domestic abuse survivor following a 9-year marriage.  One of the recurring themes in such stories is connected to the shame that a woman or man feels when they [...]

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