June 12, 2022 I’ll take care of me for you, and you take care of you for me. –Jim Rohn One of the greatest gifts we can give our loved...

June 5, 2022 As summer rolls in after some very painful and difficult weeks, I wonder how to savor this season. Summer begs us to pause...

I have many happy snow memories from my childhood in South Dakota, so when it snows in Texas, I feel a little giddy. Snow here is usually...

Comparison is the thief of joy. --Theodore Roosevelt It’s perfectly natural to feel a let-down after the holidays. We don’t realize how...

November 24, 2021 Autumn and Thanksgiving hold such treasures that I am always reluctant to let go and move into the next season. I think...

November 4, 2021 Don’t you love this season of holiday baking, cooking, and celebrating? It’s cold and rainy here today, and I am...

October 1, 2021 Jazz music is playing as I sit at my kitchen table surrounded by books, pens, and notepad. I pulled a few of my mother’s...