I’m extremely supportive of getting your kids into organized sports during their grammar and high school years which is kind of unusual in light of how incredibly uncoordinated I am and have always been. I have been known to trip while I’m standing still. In flats. When a ball is thrown towards me, I run […]
The Best Advice I Ever Received
I’m participating in a Blog Hop with Midlife Boulevard and the topic for this post is “What’s the best advice I ever received?” I’ve had a lot of good advice in my life, but the most practical and useful for every aspect of my life was from my first boss at my job at a […]
The 7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was First Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
4 years ago today I found the lump that changed my life. I won’t call it the anniversary or even my cancerversary, as I’ve heard it called, because there is truly nothing to celebrate about in such an event. But I do want to make note of the day by sharing some information for anyone else […]
My Bingewatching Obsession with ‘Sons Of Anarchy’
I’ve been watching obsessed with Sons Of Anarchy on Netflix for the past few months. I’m well into Season 4 and am fascinated by the sheer awfulness of the story. I say awfulness because the plot is truly horrifying, not because the show is awful. The show is a wild ride about a club of outlaw […]
Stepping Out Into The Unknown
I love this quote, I used to have it on the bulletin board in my office when I still worked in corporate America. I sure felt like I was at the end of all the light I knew and was taking a step into the darkness in May of 2006 when I quit my job […]
My 15 Favorite Books Of All Time
Both of my parents were English majors in college. Our childhood home was filled with shelves and shelves of books, most of them the classics and works of great literature. I read War & Peace when I was only 12 years old and when I mentioned it to my mother, she accused me of just […]