One day I noticed how large many of my friend’s daytime handbags were. How do women go about choosing a purse? I became intrigued and decided to look up the history of handbags. Here is a short story: The term “purse” originally referred to a small bag for coins. The handbag is a larger accessory whose […]

Quite by accident, I reunited with a college roommate. We have much in common, but we are not two peas in a pod. Our biggest difference is that outside of her family, she typically says ‘no’ to requests. On the other hand, I typically say ‘yes’ to everything. I believe there are a lot of […]

I love when people tell me their home is their castle because so much goes on inside those four walls. Your home is the place where your positive and negative emotions flow, where decisions are executed and children are raised. It’s the place where arguments happen, recipes are tested and holidays are shared. It’s behind […]

What is the importance of happiness? How often do you smile and laugh during the day? Do you smile when you meet new people? When you see your friends? When you observe people walking down the street holding hands? When you notice the flowers blooming? I hope so because, when you smile you trigger activity […]

There are two types of change – those changes thrust upon us and those that we make by choice – both can have either a positive or negative outcome. I have, as have you, no doubt, been faced with many mountainous, thrust-upon-me kind of life changes. Changes happened beyond my control. For example, overnight I […]