There are times in my life when I say something that I know is absolutely true. A feeling comes over me and I just have to say it. The one we talk about the most is “I don’t do subtle.” My husband and I were riding on an elevator. I don’t remember the conversation we [...]

I have this theory…would you like to hear it?  Here goes: “Everything always works out for the best.” That statement may sound pretty simplistic, but I have come to find that it is really true. I used to spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and even years dwelling on “what if…?” disaster scenarios.  (By the [...]

I was talking recently with someone very, very dear to me. I forget exactly what we were discussing, but he said to me, rather unprovokedly, “You’re one of the most amazing women I’ve ever met.” And I sat there completely dumbfounded. I expressed my shock, and asked him why on earth I fit into that [...]

As I puzzled between the dichotomy of a real princess coming to grips with her “reality” and grounding our children in the fact that royalty does not equal reality, I had some thoughts….