The Mother’s Day hamster wheel

The Mother’s Day hamster wheel

Happy Mother’s Day to every person doing the work of a mother. Like me, you’re probably feeling pretty darn good with the showering of good wishes and maybe gifts of thanks from the kids, the grands, the fur kids, and anyone else you act as a mom to. And you may be...
Happy birthday to me!

Happy birthday to me!

Today is my birthday. And yes, grab your prezzie below! I love birthdays, especially my own! The actual day is only the beginning, I treat myself for a whole week. Yep, it’s a party! It’s not all loud music and dancing, although there is always that. I love hearing...
What do we do now?

What do we do now?

Wow, what a week this has been! There is such fear and anxiety happening right now, particularly for our US friends. There is worry, there is anticipation, there is wanting to bail and live somewhere else. And there is no ignoring the impact of the political climate...
2 more women down

2 more women down

This is crazy making! In the past week or so for me, 2 intelligent, thoughtful, amazing women I know have fallen to the effects of stress. And I mean fallen hard. The anxiety, panic, pain kind of fall. The kind where you wind up in emergency because you think you’re...