February ~ the month when it seems everyone is focused on love and chocolate hearts ~ can be a real struggle for some, especially moms who are scared for their son and the choices he’s making.  [...]

Happy New Year!  I love new beginnings!!  It’s a time for the possibility for something to be different, an opportunity to alter my course; sometimes it’s even an opening for a fresh start.  This [...]

I remember sitting on the floor in my kitchen one Thanksgiving morning, holding my one-month old and two-year old in my arms, both of them crying ~ and I wondered if I would ever get to enjoy a [...]

Since I can remember ~ even as a teen ~ I’ve always desired to have a sense of peace about me.  Back then I believed the ever-elusive peace was hard to find because life as a teenager is [...]

A long time ago I heard that Oprah always schedules to have her annual physical on her birthday.  She said it was a gift she gives herself.  As someone who mostly hates going to the [...]