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Reflecting While Heading Home I want to talk about three important pieces of advice for our sons and daughters. This Saturday morning, my ultimate concierge, my pooch America and I are leaving Palm Springs, California for my beautiful Chicago. Home is where my heart lies. We have spent most of the winter at our California […]
Mothers and adult daughters have a complex relationship. I can attest to that because, as most of you know, I am the mother of daughters! I often ask myself, why can’t my relationship with my daughters be constantly positive? Why are my words, at times, taken out of context? Why are they over sensitive to […]
Love gives us our reason for living. We shower love throughout the Universe in many ways. Giving love is as essential as getting love. Love is the richest of all of our emotions. Love always wins over hate… in the end. Love is what makes the world go round. I decided to write about love […]
I am thrilled to announce my first book, Stories for my Grandchild, is now on sale on Amazon. This hard covered book, darlings, is about you! Not about me. And, that is the reason I am so happy, because ‘to give is far better than to receive.’ “The greatest gifts you leave your grandchildren is […]
I dedicate this story to my daughters. A Last-Minute Dinner Party Got Me Thinking A few years ago, my ultimate concierge and I were in Arizona visiting one of my daughters. My Chicago, daughter, and family, were also visiting. Late one afternoon my daughters and I drove to the market to buy steaks to “throw […]