I sit in the chair, my hair covered in dye and I cry. This is a personal low for me. I mean, really? At the hair salon I suddenly and randomly can’t fight back the tears?? It surprises me. I don’t cry like I used to. So why today? Why now? Divorce wears on you.…

“Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” – Joel Osteen “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks…

I make my way up the stairs. I wind around and take my place in the back of the line. I hate goodbyes. I want to know that whomever is leaving is promising to come back to me. I don’t want to be separated from love. The line moves slowly. As it should because we…

The great thing about the New Year? It’s about starting over. It demands the past be left behind. It promises the opportunity to abandon mistakes, heartache, pounds, vices, choices, and regrets. The New Year promises…. a do over, a restart, a blank slate, and a sense of taking charge of life. This year, remember that…

Okay, maybe I am watching too many Hallmark Channel and Lifetime movies, but I’m starting to wish that something magical will happen this Christmas season. The kind of fairy tale where you meet a stranger and they make a huge impact in your life or… The long, complicated holiday journey home met with unexpected obstacles…

It’s late and my phone lights up with a text. It’s a friend of mine who may or may not have had a fight with her wedding dress. It seems the dress lost. It’s now in a dump somewhere. And seed pearls now scattered, adorn the floor of her laundry room. This is divorce. The…

Kindness has always been paramount in my life. In fact, I have lived by a personal mantra ever since I was a young girl: To treat every human being the same with kindness and respect. Of course, as a young teenager I may have failed a few times. However, as an adult I can sincerely…

Christmas, my child, is love in action – Dale Evans Rogers Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand – Dr. Seuss He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree – Roy L. Smith Christmas is doing a little something…

My friend texted me today. She asked me how leaving a relationship could possibly be as painful as it is? How could she feel so desperate? How could she feel such darkness? How could she feel such a combination of both love and hatred? I texted her back. I said that part of it is…

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