Doses of Dad

Doses of Dad As Father’s Day approaches, I feel a wellspring of gratitude for my Dad who encourages me to excel and who mandated higher education in our home. When I couldn’t decide on a major, Dad advised me to pursue Finance, a practical and flexible option. He...

Mother’s Day Gratitude

As Mother’s Day approaches, I pause to think about the fact that being my son’s mother remains the most treasured experience of my life. I don’t care about being honored. I feel honored and blessed to see his smile, to laugh at his jokes and to straighten his bow tie...

Spring Break, Peripateticism, Pining and Pets

   It’s Spring Break, and we finally accomplish our bucket list goal of traveling to Europe albeit as chaperones for a school trip. Peripateticism takes on a new meaning as we embark on a whirlwind trip to experience three cities in 2 countries in 5 days using...

GRATITUDE

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” –William Arthur Ward Thanks to the hundreds of readers who added my book to their shelves and registered for my Giveaways. The wellspring of support and interest...

Sochi, Sports, Stress and Success

     As cameras close-in on the Russian Alps, expectations begin to tower like chips at a Vegas casino table.  Besides bets on the Super Bowl game, there’s speculation about Olympic medal counts with oddsmakers sure to chime-in. Yet, we don’t hear complaints from the...