A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

We have to value ourselves not for what we look like or the things we possess 
but for the women we are.

~Maya Angelou

My mother. An immigrant. The epitome of grace and grit. A young widow who gave up so much in order to put food on the table and raise her children on her own. She taught me so much...

I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.

~Mitch Albom

The mother/daughter bond is complex and it changes with each stage of life. Over the passage of time, from childhood to adulthood, the emotional bonds of intimacy and vulnerability are bein...

I'm two finger typing. 

Normally I'm a fast typist. I credit that to my years of musical training on the accordion. (To be clear it wasn't my choice, I wanted piano lessons. I have German heritage and my mom made me.)

Seriously.

My hubby (Scottie) and I were enjoying a glass of wine on our patio ...

Amanda confided "I haven't felt *pretty* since the lockdown, I'm losing my mojo and my stay-at-home-style is schlumpy."

Catherine is currently doing a closet edit. She's bemoaned the fact that she can't remember the last time she got dressed up to step out on the town in one of her favorite outfits...

I'm more than a wee-bit-weary of all the COVID-19 transformational nonsense that *on-line motivational gurus* are preaching to have me accomplish unreasonably uber-ambitious goals, so I can carpe diem this quarantine time.

(Maybe you, too?)

Some mornings I wake up a little-worn out already. There ...

You keep going.

Because your uncommon efforts lead to uncommon strength in uncommon times.

You are stronger and more important than you know.