Being a giant may come in handy for some people, like MBA basketball stars, but for most of us becoming giants in an emotional sense will give us more of a Gulliver’s Travels complex. So often we hear the coined phrase: be the bigger person. Usually what warrants this often unwanted advice is some kind [...]

My granddaughter came up with a wonderful idea to celebrate her birthday. (Don’t you just love all the lessons you learn from your children and/or grandchildren?) She wanted a “girls’ day.” “Girls’ Day” by her definition was to have her mother, sister, aunts and grandmother get together. She requested a favorite movie from the e-library. [...]

I awoke thus morning with a thought I would like to share: “If we don’t actively, acutely, and with awareness arm our children with knowledge, who will?” Recently, a Facebook friend posted a link on her wall about young girls dancing in a contest and how they were, in essence, bumping & grinding their bodies [...]

Many countries celebrate the day when they declared or became independent. In the United States, we celebrate on July 4th. In 1776, after much discussion and debate by representatives from each of the thirteen original colonies (check your history memory, can you name them all?), the text of the Declaration of Independence was signed and [...]

Lately, this crazy thing’s been happening to me…and to basically everyone I know:  we’ve been experiencing really, really difficult things.  In addition to what’s on my plate right now, one of my dearest friends is getting over a really bad breakup.    Another is changing careers.   Another is coping with immense physical pain, with few medical [...]