I have to admit that I'm not one of those people who thrives on change. In fact, I'm the exact opposite. Change has always scared me, and I can recall when I first graduated from college, that I set out to, pardon the pun, 'change' that. I had the great idea that I could reorder my thinking about the process of things around me moving, and somehow make myself naturally okay … [Read more...]

A couple of years ago, I read an article about actresses in their late 20s having cosmetic procedures to preserve their youth. I truly believe that the choice to cosmetically enhance is very personal, and I hold no judgement; but in that moment, I made the decision that I would allow myself to age gracefully. A few years later, I learned that was easier said than done. For … [Read more...]

Happy New Year! Okay, let me confess that I love the act of making new year's resolutions. I'm so much a fanatic that I don't make a list, but a notebook. I fill the pages with lists of goals, resolutions, hopes, and plans. Then I start with the plan of action and strategic steps. It's a bit excessive, but it feeds my brain's need to organize my collective thoughts. When … [Read more...]

 I recently watched a TED talk by a woman who spent many years working in the daytime soap industry. She talked about the fact that there are many lessons to be learned from soaps, and soap characters; including perseverance, belief in one's self, and that any obstacle can be climbed, and overcome. I have to admit that it got me thinking about something I used to say to my … [Read more...]

As we grow older, life is often a series of personal examinations; usually pondered against our own will. We pick apart our appearance, our social standing. We even compare the way things are to the way they used to be; or worse, to the success of our counterparts. Other examinations carry smaller, more invisible marks. As a child attending parochial school, I had the … [Read more...]