

Make a wish on a shooting meteor......
Does making a wish on a meteor work the same as making a wish on a star? If you live in the Detroit area yesterday evening the night sky lite up as a meteor went racing across the horizon plummeting to earth. I was at an intersection near my home when it happened. Prior to this bolt of light I was jamming to a favorite track "Good Old Days" by Macklemore as I sat at the red light. I was driving across town on this cold evening to drop off some of my books ("Overcoming Ob


Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling
Glass ceiling: So it's a ceiling that you can see through but you can't go through. Right? Typically a term used in corporate America. You can see what others have but it isn't meant for you. I have a hard time with that term. It seems all the role models I look up to the glass ceiling did not apply to them. Maybe in others eyes it did and maybe it was there but they still found a way to break through. It is made of glass not steel. If you hit it hard enough it will


Anniversary Traditions- MOM 4/20/50-1/13/2003
Yup, that is a picture of me and my mom. Way back when at my house in Naperville, Illinois. I was probably around 10. Now back to this blog.... Why am I making this so complicated? God it sounded so simple.... I wanted to do something special each year in memory of my mother. But I wanted it to be as special as she was. Something so amazing. So the whole world would know exactly what it lost when she died. Maybe a walk in her name with millions of people, or a school n


15 years later
This Saturday will mark 15 years since I lost my mom to her battle with breast cancer. I write this to share that we are not as alone as we


Grandma's boyfriend......
My friend (who is also a parent like me) was telling me how her widowed mom has a boyfriend. I too have experienced a parent dating and getting remarried after my mom lost her battle to cancer. Sadly I am at an age where I have more and more friends that have lost a parent to illness. I have had this exact conversation more times than I wish. As with all my posts, I feel it is important to talk about this. To tell people you and your family are not unique to this situatio


What is normal? Mental Health
I'll be honest. I wrote this one and let it sit for awhile. Normally I publish instantly in fear I will change my mind if I wait. I'm not sure if it is a topic people will appreciate me writing about or be offended by my opinions. But in true spirit of all my other posts...... We have one life to live so I am going to share all my thoughts on this topic. So I am sitting in the car waiting for a light in Miami yesterday. I don't have XM radio in my rental car or if I do