When Life Slams a Door in Your Face You take up Tai Chi and Read a Good Book

The only constant in life is that things will change. I cannot tell you how many times I have faced...

Holding On To Hope

There is a similar thread I have noticed in the newsletters received lately from some of the other authors I...

Powerful Sister Words: Change, Courage, and Gratitude

I just recovered from a bout of gastroenteritis, better known as the stomach flu. It wasn’t horrible, just bad enough...

Sometimes it’s Necessary to say No

We may not realize how necessary until later just how important that move was to our well-being, our business, or...

When One works backward, it takes longer to move forward

That seems like a no-brainer, right? Do anything backward and it’s hard to see your progress, or for that matter,...

Ever been called stubborn? Good for you!

Ever been called stubborn? Good for you!

“You are such a stubborn child!”  was a mantra I heard frequently as a young girl. I received the accolade...

Shakespeare must have had carpal tunnel

Before the typewriter all of the great writers in history and all of their stories and plays that were written...

Does everyone hear voices in their heads, or is it just me?

I’m a Gemini, born under the sign of the twins. I sometimes wonder if that’s why I hear a constant...

Go ahead, tell me I can’t, then get the hell out of my way!

Do you know one of the things a writer really needs if she’s truly being honest about wanting to be...

Put on your Big-Girl Panties and go to work!

Sometimes life is hard and we don’t always get what we want. But if our desire for that something is...