When life gives us lemons, we just have to make ourselves some sweet lemonade. Here you’ll find our musings, pearls of wisdom, and personal stories to guide you through life’s passages. Explore how to embrace your beauty with style, discover new adventures, navigate the nuances of relationships, pull back the curtain to deal with life changes, and resonate with the reflections of other women.
I gaze at my little olive tree and sometimes say out loud, “Life has bent me, but I cannot let it stop me from growing.” She sits on the windowsill in my office, close to my chair, where I can see her throughout the day. Each morning I stroke her leaves and tell her, “You […]

Most of you who have been reading my stories over the years know that my persona has always been optimistic, upbeat and full of hope. Even when adversity struck, I searched for the upside. Why? Because I have usually seen my plights as grey rather than black, unless I am in the throes of losing […]

I have been wrestling with my lack of motivation. I am exhausted. From the outside, I probably appear to be managing quite well as I go through the motions of a busy, productive life. But underneath it all, I am grieving someone I deeply love while he is still beside me, and that realization has […]

What if we stopped separating women by age and started connecting them through experience? I have been thinking about that question for a long time because I consider myself a multigenerational connector. My Sunday Stories are not meant for one particular decade of womanhood. They are for women of all ages because I have learned […]

It is fall, and once again I seem to be spending more and more time in my closet. Sitting on my pretty green ladder in that cozy little space, surrounded by belongings that have stories of their own, seems to bring out the writer in me. My beautiful shoes are lined up like little soldiers, […]
