Reflections in the Mirror – You and Yourself

I write this post from my study in Prior Lake, MN, our summer residence. It's with much sadness, each spring, that we say goodbye to all our Florida friends. However, in four short days on the road, we get to say hello to all our friends up here.  We are certainly very lucky people to have so many wonderful friends in both locations. For 26 years we have been making this trek. Time passes so quickly. It's hard to believe that we have actually made the trip that many times. I was 51 years old and Joe was 49 that first year in Naples. We were "the babies" in our[...]

By the time you read this, I will be in Ireland visiting with a good friend and accompanied by one of my eight sister-in-laws. (My husband has seven sisters.) We aren't planning on any big sight-seeing tours. Geraldine lives there and Mary and I have both been to Ireland and to her home many times. She more than me. However, I am sight-seed-out. I want to chill by the fireplace, read a couple of books that have been waiting for me on my iPad, eat great food, drink delicious coffee, and savor the freedom from working. As I said in my last post, I do love the wor[...]

This isn't a new idea. I have written about it before.  So have hundreds of other writers too, no doubt. It's an idea we also hear in meetings. And it's one of those ideas that gives me a moment to pause and feel grateful, as well as relieved, so very often. Just knowing that this journey we share is "divine," allows me to trust whatever may be happening. I have begun writing another book. This follows on the heals of Living Long, Living Passionately, which was just released September 1 on amazon and in book stores. I know, without a doubt, that both books, in[...]