A couple of years ago, I finally came to terms with the realization that the beloved car I’d driven for 16 years was beyond repairing. Rebuilding the transmission would have cost more than double the value of the car after it was repaired. Letting go of that car was not an easy decision to make. My kids…(Read more..)

While I’m currently in a relationship, I’ve spent half my adult life as a single woman. I first discovered internet dating sites in the late 1990s (yes, they’ve been around that long!). I’ve seen a lot of profiles; some good, some bad. What I’m writing about today isn’t the profiles – it’s the “shopping” mentality we get into when we use an online dating site.  (Read more..)

Dreams are important. We all know that. But how often do our dreams get pushed aside, delayed for a day, a week, a month, a year, a decade, half a life? Or we let someone else’s opinion deter us from following our dream. Usually (Read more..)