Every year, I challenge myself to bring something fresh to my New Year’s resolutions. Normally, I pass down a life lesson to my...

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Upon the coming of the new year, for several years, I felt the need to write about my mother’s mantra that was...

“Seasons of Love,” the song from the award winning Broadway play, “Rent,” starts out: “five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred...

This Grandma recently ran into a professional colleague I had not seen in nearly five years. It is hard to believe I am retired from the...

When I wrote previous New Year’s blog posts I thought those transitions were difficult. See blog post, Memorializing Family Rituals and...

Each year, this Grandma looks forward to some annually repeated news releases that some might think are trivial.  I love the information...

Just too few years ago, our younger daughter re-introduced us to a high school friend with whom she reconnected.  As we of long years...

The last two years, this Grandma’s New Year’s posts have been heavy and emotionally taxing.  See post, 2018 New Year’s Resolutions...

The Color Purple has a history in our family before the 1985 outstanding movie with Whoopi Goldberg.  In 1982, our youngest daughter was...

For New Years 2017, this Grandma wrote “2017 New Year’s Resolutions Focusing on Feelings That Span A Lifetime Will Bring Us Joy.”  When I...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017! In this new era of seeking and collecting experiences instead of things, the articles about proposed 2017 New Year’s...

One of this Grandma’s mantras is that children remember most the traditions and rituals from their childhood. That is why getting...

I saw a young professional mother at work.  She just came back to work after maternity leave and professed an additional stress—maternal...