A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

The son went to his mother.
He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth.
And he sang this song:

I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My Mommy you'll be.

~Robert Munsch

Each week I invite you into my life. I suspect it's not much different than your...

Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.

Betsy Johnson

Is feeling self-confident really as simple as having a makeover? It gives your self-esteem an extra boost, but it doesn't neces...

Today is my birthday.

It's not a *big* birthday (one of those round numbered ones). Nevertheless it got me thinking about aging and like every other woman I have some angst around the inevitable. It's normal. (Cue: This is where you say, Helene, you look great for 68.) 

Not everyone holds to the b...

If you're anything like me you have a *to-do* list that never quite gets done. The fact that it's finally summer makes it feel harder to accomplish anything at all. I just want *to-be*. I'll still be working but I'm actually going to shut-down my computer more often to check in with myself and to co...

"Summertime and the livin' is easy" (Ella Fitzgerald 1968.)  It hasn't been easy for a while now which makes summer this year seem extra special. It feels like it's been forever since we've been able to gather, to travel and do things we took for granted as *normal* before the pandemic. We've been l...

I went bathing suit shopping a few days ago. Ugh. After some uncomfortable encounters with the mirror, I bought a one-piece black Speedo. That tells you everything, right? You guessed correctly. I don't have a *summer body*. 

After we get through April showers that bring May flowers - or snow flurr...