Five Tips Dad’s Need To Know To Raise Healthy Daughters
Last week I stood beside my Dad at the gravesite of a friend. I grabbed my Father’s hand feeling oh so small and scared looking into a hole of dirt. A grown woman 58 years old moving ever so close to this person who I never really felt intimately connected to but needed his presence…
The Stages Of Aging And Your Happiness
We as humans are continually at odds with time! We might as well admit it, we don’t understand the purpose of time and are rarely content with whatever stage we are experiencing. As restless toe tapping, nervous teenagers we wanted the clock to hurry it up sure we were definitely missing out on something, anything more…
People Who Are Hurt, Hurt People!
Criticism and How To Handle It! Let me introduce you to the Tate Family: Dick-tate, Agi-tate, and Ira-tate. They may have other names like Mom, boss, cousin, neighbor – but I’m sure you know them. All of the Tates have one thing in common, they relentlessly criticize you and are NEGATIVE and damaging to your self-esteem.…
Change: What To Keep, What to Lose!
As I bite my nails and re read my book, Big Girls Do Cry, I cry. I cry releasing grief, rejoicing in a project well done, and the many ways I’ve changed even since I wrote this passionate tale. I look at the photos in the book and it can’t be helped but to recall…
The Five Dirty D’s of a Successful Life
Let’s Get Real! If you want a reality check about your life, write your story. It only costs about a few bucks at The Dollar Store to get a notebook and a pencil. Yes, I said pencil. The very act of rubbing off the incorrect thoughts and feelings is in and of itself so cleansing.…