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. 

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Tomorrow my ultimate concierge, our five-month-old adorable pooch, America, and I will fly out of the Palm Springs airport to O’Hare. I will be home in time to have dinner with my mom in my beautiful Chicago. We just arrived in Palm Springs a week ago and are turning around to spend Thanksgiving with my […]

How To Forgive… Even When It Feels Impossible

Relationships

How to forgive

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  It would be nice if we could all gather in my living room, or yours, and “kibbitz” over coffee! Until that day comes, let’s do it virtually, shall we? As I work diligently on the launch of my network designed to connect vibrant, visible women over 50 — MOXIE! — I’ve had a few things […]

How To Be Kind

Relationships

How to be kind

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It is Sunday morning. My ultimate concierge is leaving to meet his high school friends for brunch, in the burbs. How special is that to continue your relationship with your friends from your school days? Afterward, because he is the ultimate, he is picking up my alterations, saving me a trip. What am I doing? I […]

How a robbery improved my life

Relationships

How a Robbery Changed My Life

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It is early in the morning. I made a pot of coffee and turned on my favorite music, sat down in front of my computer with no writing plan. This happens at times and frustrates me until suddenly, from out of nowhere, comes a message, and I know exactly what I want to say. Can […]

The Summer Turned Fall of 2018

Advice

summer turned fall

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Today, I’m sharing Saturday style with a vintage twist. My mother taught me — instead of buying many inexpensive things — to always invest in one good piece. That advice stuck with me. I do have some lovely items in my wardrobe, but you may be surprised to know that many of them I have […]

Saturday Style With a Vintage Twist

Style

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