Four years ago I was quite excited to celebrate my 50th. I was going to meet with anyone who wanted to locally celebrate. I had all the plans in motion and then, the pandemic. It was so early in it that we had not even come up with the birthday idea to drive by homes…
February 29 has been designated Rare Disease Day. According to Patient Worthy, In the United States, at least 25-30 million people are living with a rare disease. Many rare diseases are genetic and 95% of them have no treatment options. Other challenges faced by people living with rare diseases include: From Rare Disease Day.og, Over 6000…
Most days I share a graphic with information about my books. Today I created one for Valentine’s Day. I thought it would be fun to list the men who have participated in each of my books. Fictional men, that is. I was shocked as I tallied up the list. There are quite a few to…
I guess the whole story is I say I love you now, kind of. Let me back up. I grew up a Gen X kid with Silent Generation parents. They were taught not to have feelings or dare you have them, don’t you even go and express them. For someone younger, that probably makes no…
This was first shared at the HTC Women Casual Christmas Cookies and Cocoa event, December 2023 I was ten years old when Christmas bottomed out for our family. Although we didn’t give our situation a name at the time, alcoholism was destroying our lives one sip and forgotten promise at a time. The tension was…
As I’m typing, my phone notifies that a probable terrorist attack occurred at the Niagara Canada/US Rainbow Bridge border. I can’t help but wonder was that really their destination? Were they heading somewhere bigger, especially with Thanksgiving? How can we be thankful with those kind of thoughts and realities swirling around? The last three years…