Celebrate your accomplishments! Keeping Up Lately, do you feel like you just can’t keep up? Like with anything anymore? Has life begun to resemble a constant game of wack-a-mole … but with the moles coming at you from all sides? Not those cute yet pesky, furry little guys that are the bane of manicured lawns everywhere. But giant bloodthirsty mutant moles intent on draining you dry. You are not alone. I know this for a fact, because I’m right there with you. And I’m fairly ce

One of many moving trucks in our lives... The importance of roots ... when the wind blows. “Where are you from?” It’s a common question, an ice-breaker even, at times. And I’m never quite sure exactly how to answer. I was born in a state in which I never actually resided … and after a couple moves, spent most of my childhood in another. I did K thru 12 there, then began another series of moves. Each of my children was born in a different state. So, where are my roots? Roots

There is often a fine line between want to and can, and it is one I’ve been known to hop across now and again. Never mind the line between can and should.

Enjoy nature's beauty to prepare for the next storm I tend to be an optimistic person. Okay … perhaps I'm an optimist with a splash of realism. In other words, I'm just as likely as the next person to get swept under by a wave of negativity, despite my innate optimism. But, I tend to set my feet on the bottom to launch myself skyward as best I can. Lately, it feels more like a tsunami than a wave, though. And I, like many others, can tire treading water … while those swells,

Getting out of an unhealthy mental cycle as my New Year's resolution.

Crocheting is a way I have found to focus my mind for writing