Everyone needs a mentor. Throughout our lives, mentors come and go, slipping in an out, playing large or small parts. They are our parents, our coaches, that one teacher that took the time to care. They are the inspirational speaker who’s books and seminars speak to our hearts and change our lives. During my teens, I went through a stormy… Read More
A Mother’s Gratitude
Mother’s Day Weekend has passed again and as I sit in the after glow with my Monday morning coffee I am filled with an abundance of gratitude so acute it almost hurts. It is a special day for me, special because I have been in active duty now for 35 years. Plus 15 years as a grandmother. I wouldn’t… Read More
The School of Hard Knocks
Ever feel like Annie from Little Orphan Annie? “Stead of treated, we get tricked, stead of kisses we get kicks… Empty belly life, rotten smelly life, full of sorrow life, no tomorrow life… Nobody loves me…” It can feel like that when you are a student of the School of Hard Knocks. I should know. I’ve gone there. In fact,… Read More