We're already nine days into 2020! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a successful first week into the New Decade. I love the feeling of the New Year, all the excitement it brings, and the gift of another chance for a new start.  

As I was thinking of 2020 o...

l love Christmas -all of it. I cherish our family time, School's Winter Break, and the shorter workdays. The lights, how brightly they decorate a little town like ours. The tree and the ornaments that point to the Star. The gatherings that remind us of how loved we are...

I think I might have beat you to Thanksgiving this year! Sorry! We had ours yesterday. My family gathered for my son's birthday this week. So we also celebrated Thanksgiving while he was still in town. Family dinners together are a rare luxury for us now that my son li...

I was inspired this morning before going to my Yoga class, by this verse in Proverbs. "Every day is a terrible day for a miserable person, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast."(Proverbs 15:15) 

I'd like to think that after living out seven years of Recovery, my h...

At home, I'm the one who typically does the home administration and online banking. I noticed a while back that on the website of this particular bank, and the doors of all their banking centers it says: "What Would You like the Power to do?" I know they're thinking of...

The School Year is well on its way, so our family is in full mode Academics! Busy between college counseling meetings and narrowing college options with my son; along with some meaningful conversations over dinner. I'm mindful of how fast this year will go.

In the meant...

I am so honored my new book is out on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle versions. It just started selling so I thought I would tell you! You can also get it at Barnes and Noble.

Honoring Your Recovery is a Recovery Workbook for readers in Recovery, and also for those who...

After a long, restful summer, our family is getting back into gear! 
My youngest son will start his last First Day of School for his Senior Year in High School in a week, and I can’t even fathom how fast this day arrived!
 
I love that he’s a Senior this year and that...

It seems we count everything. How many days of summer we have left before school starts. How many likes we got on a post. How many minutes we sit in traffic. How many calories in a day. How many more sessions in our treatment. How many classes until we graduate. How ma...

At the height of summer in Virginia, we had a 97F scorcher yesterday! The humidity was brutal! At home, Sunday is our chill-out day as a family. We stop everything we're doing and spend the day together with no agenda. Typically, I go to Church and then we have lunch,...