My 5-year-old granddaughter knows how and often takes “selfies”. Don't we all? For many of us who grew up with cameras that didn’t have...

My siblings and I were raised to revere Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. There was almost a religious quality to the role the company...

I recently heard a reporter state that they are seeing a “return to nostalgia”. That made me laugh. Did nostalgia disappear? Are we now...

Two years ago today I was celebrating my birthday with my husband, my youngest daughter, my stepson and daughter in law and two of my...

As some of you know, my dad passed away a few weeks ago. He was my hero and I am bereft. It doesn't matter that he "lived a long life" or...

We’ve talked a lot about the lessons we’ve learned individually and collectively these last few years, specifically about who we are in...

The trend these days is to choose a “word for the year”. Although I have nothing against the idea of creating an intention and living...

Today, I woke up to the sound of rain. Not gentle, drizzly rain, but harsh, insistent rain. When it rains in Southern California, it’s a...

“It is a universal experience for life not to turn out as we want or expect.” These are the wise words of Edith Eger, a concentration...

I heard a new word this week and was blown away by it. I was rereading Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg and came cross the...

Less than two years ago, most of us had no idea what Zoom was. And now look at us - masters at creating tropical backgrounds, learning...

This was a week of doubt. A week of darkness. A week of questioning. A week of not knowing. Not knowing why I felt so low and not knowing...

Much of our lives is spent in the land of almost. We are almost done, almost ready, almost grown up. We observe the stages of our...

ZEST is great Scrabble word. It’s also one of those feel good words that sounds like what it means; a pick me up, a spark, a little...

Just the sound of the word QUIT sends shivers up my spine. We’ve been taught to be disgusted by the concept of quitting and to be...

For the past year and a half, the days, weeks and months have blended together. It seems impossible that Fall, 2021 is around the corner....

Of all the expressions that have been drummed into my head since childhood, “don’t settle” is probably at the top of the list. For...

Every January my heart breaks when the gardener cuts down the rose bushes, killing whatever was blooming and leaving the branches looking...

I know everyone is about to start the holiday weekend so this will be short and sweet. Hot dogs, parades, fireflies, red, white, and blue...

On Sunday, social media was filled with pictures and touching tributes to dads everywhere. I couldn’t bring myself to post anything on...