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A Lamp in the Window

I took a walk in the evening last night to feel the cool, moist springtime air. It was just about 7:30 on a Sunday when everyone is starting to think about the week ahead and winding down their weekends.As I walked through my quiet neighborhood , I noticed all the lamps in the windows of people's homes. For some reason, I have always felt such a warm and inviting feeling when I see these lights go on just as the darkness is about to come upon us.Each house that I looked upon had a different light - some tall, some [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:34:26+00:00May 2, 2016|Blog, Holidays, Inspiration|Comments Off on A Lamp in the Window

A Man’s Dream , A Mother’s Inspirational Message to Her Children

                                              A  Man's Dream                                    Each man has a dream  of his own                                                    Who he can be                                   What he wants to [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:35:55+00:00April 30, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on A Man’s Dream , A Mother’s Inspirational Message to Her Children

Gifts from Serenity Pond

I love the title of this blog. It was an inspiration from one of my Mother's writings. You see that is what she called the pond outside of her log cabin home that she shared with her husband for many years. It was her place for inspiration. A place she loved to be , where she could watch the deer walk in front of their large sunroom windows. And on occasion, there was a bear in the woods that kept company with the woodchucks, beavers, squirrels and various other wildlife.I remember when she first moved out to the country. I [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:36:59+00:00April 29, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on Gifts from Serenity Pond

A Mother’s Message of Love even in Death

As I was getting ready for work this morning, I was drawn to that file of my Mother's writings that is sitting near my coach. And as I read the little pieces of paper wondering what to do with all of them to honor her, she came to me. And here is what she said:                           Within the heart lies the wonderous mystery of life,                                  Be Still, look deep, Listen,        [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:39:34+00:00April 26, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on A Mother’s Message of Love even in Death

A Gift from My Mother

Yesterday, My Mom's husband, my niece and I had dinner together. I love Sunday, Family dinners - they give me such a warm feeling of tradition and togetherness. A time to catch up , a time to just "be" with each other.We had a lot of laughs! In fact, another patron in the restaurant actually came over to us and told us that we ruined her dinner because we were laughing so loud! How random right? And I felt sorry for her, if she couldn't share in the joy of laughter!And we cried too.. for the person who wasn't seated [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:39:19+00:00April 25, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on A Gift from My Mother

D-Mannose , A little Help for all My Women Friends Who Suffer from UTI’s

I just discovered this little gem as I was desperately searching for answers to prevent UTI's without taking a low dose antibiotic. And I came across D-Mannose .D-Mannose is naturally found in pineapples and cranberries. As most of us know cranberries really help heal and prevent urinary tract infections. However, when taking organic cranberry juice to prevent a UTI - you have to drink an awful lot of it. Have you tasted cranberry juice without sugar - wow! Tart! really Tart!D-Mannose comes in powder and capsule form and gives you the amount you need without drinking 8 glasses of cranberry [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:41:23+00:00April 16, 2016|Blog, Health|Comments Off on D-Mannose , A little Help for all My Women Friends Who Suffer from UTI’s

Springtime Cleaning

Remember when your Grandmother and Mother used to talk about "spring cleaning?" And you thought to yourself, what are they talking about? Mom cleans all the time? What is so special about the spring time?I remember my Mom would take down the winter time "drapes" (who uses that word anymore?) , clean them and put them away to make way for the "sheers" for the spring and summer. As a kid , I didn't pay too  much attention back then but now as I am older and am a homeowner myself , I understand why these things were done at [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:42:42+00:00March 1, 2016|Blog, Home and Garden|Comments Off on Springtime Cleaning

Signs of Spring to Come

Spring is one of my favorite seasons. I see it as a time for things to "begin again", a fresh, new start . I love everything about it - but mostly the abundance of beautiful spring flowers. And one of those flowers is the tiny little snowdrop. This flower is so brave and strong. It peaks through the last vestiges of the cold, winter snow to let us know that "yes, there is hope." There is hope that the air will become warmer, the harshness of struggling through the ice and snow will cease, the days will be longer with [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:43:50+00:00February 29, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on Signs of Spring to Come

Writing Fiction when you Are In Deep Emotional Pain

It's been awhile since I have written a blog post. Too long. Too long away from pen and paper. It has called me in the whispers of my soul, each day, crying for me to come back. Yet, the grief of my Mother and the desire to focus on anything else that takes me away from emotion has led me astray from my creative life.The sunshine has started to peak its way through the darkness of my soul, yet, there are days when I am exposed to other people and the interactions with them gets too intense. The intensity sends [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:12:15+00:00January 30, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on Writing Fiction when you Are In Deep Emotional Pain

And So The Snow Finally Fell That Year

And so the snow finally fell that year. It hadn't come until January 11th. A late winter snowfall.I remember looking out my living room window and watching the flakes as they passed by the streetlight. It was quiet outside. The earth was finally blanketed for a winter's rest and somehow my heart felt at peace. I looked across the street to the little blue house that my Mother wanted to buy so many years before that and wondered , would she still be alive if she had lived there. I would never know and my heart thought, at least this [...]

By |2021-11-06T16:12:38+00:00January 12, 2016|Blog, Inspiration|Comments Off on And So The Snow Finally Fell That Year
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