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Ugh.  I feel as though I have been stuck in a lot of life's drama lately and it is distracting me.   Big drama has been happening t...

Why is it that I think that worrying about something will affect the circumstances of the thing I'm  worrying about?   It's as ...

What a whirl of a week this had been.  Deadlines. Pressure.  Meltdowns.  Not me.  Others.   You're familiar with this kind of dynam...

Beautiful Deserted Rehoboth Beach Hey everyone!  Hope your weekend was full of unlimited amounts good times or at least full of what o...

Hershey's chocolate kisses.  Creamy party dips.  Fried finger foods.   Temptation seems to be everywhere during the holidays, espec...

When I find myself getting close to sensory overload, I seek out quiet places to sit, to refresh and chill out.   After Monday's tra...

Mother Nature is one smart cookie.   She has given us natural remedies for anxiety, stress and other ailments but instead we choose to ...

Resilience is a quality we all have within us.  We can take that resilience and make it work for us and strengthen ourselves if we choose. ...

It is Friday and I am one big burnt piece of toast! It has been a week of going to the hospital (hopefully my Dad will be discharged to...

I left a couple of bananas on my kitchen counter the other day and the current heat and humidity in Washington, DC ripened them so fast tha...

We all need a mental health break, don't we?  I just didn't expect to find one downtown in a city park. While walking down the ...

Hi Dear Friends! Yesterday I went for my annual eye exam and of course the doctor dilated my eyes.  I now have to use eye drops thre...

I try to clear my brain on the weekends and taking long walks or short runs usually does it for me.  I like to try and wipe the slate...

Have you heard of Kid President? While I was on YouTube the other day I discovered this young ball of fire who is very funny and very c...

    Say Ohmmmm!   My mother gets more magazines than anyone I know.  She always has a huge stack of magazines near her chair and ...

    "Charlie"    They say that dogs can sense when people need comforting.   And when dogs feel a person's fati...

Photo Courtesy of People.com Hillary Clinton is a workhorse.  I would guess that she gets more accomplished in an hour as Secretary o...

A baby boy crawls into Santa's satchel of presents and travels back with him to the North Pole.....   So begins the wonderful story...

"Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd ca...

As we continue to deal with the tragic stories coming out in the news about the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, let us try to find a ...