Happy Anniversary to Let Life Happen

TweetSo, you have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time and you are facing a double mastectomy and reconstruction along with a parathyroid/thyroid surgery at some point.  What do you do?  Yes, I did go to Disneyland. But, if you are me and you have the most supportive and awesome husband imaginable, [...]

What Steve Jobs Taught Me

TweetThe legacy of Steve Jobs will long be remembered in the Apple brand for all of the wonderful products that he created that enhanced our lives and our communications with each other and the world.  However, there is so much more that Steve Jobs gave to all of us.  He taught us what life is [...]

Inspiration Time

TweetAh, the weekend!  Here it is, Saturday morning and I don’t have to get up at any particular time.  Some people might think that I am lazy for not getting up and “doing” tons of things before the day goes by but I have learned something else that is far more valuable to me.  I [...]

Happy Anniversary to Me

TweetNext Friday, January 22nd, will mark the 2nd anniversary of my writing this weekly blog.  Now while to many this may not seem to be any big accomplishment, it truly is a major milestone for me.  The main reason for that is that I came to this task kicking and screaming, in my own way.  [...]

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, [...]

“Walk Like A Man” Walk-a-thon for Breast Cancer Testing and Research

Tweet“Walk Like A Man” Walk-a-thon for Breast Cancer Testing and Research Part 2 After I finished last week’s blog, I realized that it was number 52. What better way to complete a year of weekly postings than to launch such a wonderful project on this site. I have decided that the best way to provide [...]

My Support System

TweetI stopped by the office of one of my colleagues last week to see how she was doing. Monica is a wonderful person who is married, has 3 young children and she is also taking care of her parents who live in her home. Her father is a diabetic who is receiving dialysis several times [...]

Inspiration

TweetI know that this is the next component that I want to tackle in this series and immediately after I created this new page, I had absolutely no idea regarding what I should write. No inspiration – nothing – nada. So when I find myself in this situation with regard to anything that I wish [...]