Choosing you is self love

Choosing you is self love

Choose you.  That’s the message I give to my daughters, my sisters, my friends.  It’s that important. Choosing you is about learning to love yourself unconditionally.  That crazy no-holds-barred, I-would-trade-myself-for-you-in-a-hostage-situation kind of love.  That...
Just gimme a sec!

Just gimme a sec!

Do you ever get caught in those uncomfortable moments when you feel like you’re put on the spot to say something? Give an answer? It’s like getting “cornered” into responding. And for some strange reason, even as we are under pressure to say something, it’s always...
I’m not sorry

I’m not sorry

I was raised a good girl. Chances are, you were too. Good girls don’t talk back, follow the rules, and are…well…good. We all walk away from our kid lives with a wound or too. And most of us can process our history well enough to at least understand it. But having it...
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...
Do you have gas?

Do you have gas?

I can hear the giggles now. You’re thinking I’m talking about people passing gas. Nope. Too bad though, that can be funny. Is it the price of gas for your car? Nope. I think that as a society, we’ve talked about that one enough thanks. This is about our gas, our...