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.
The love and devotion my Ultimate Concierge and I have received from our dogs, our beautiful Orchid, and our deliciously happy America, have outweighed any troubles either pooch has gotten themselves into. Such examples include eating shoes, awakening me at 3:00 am to take a necessary walk, or running off with my clothes. Our Soft-Coated […]
The story on safe solo travel (and group travel) was updated on January 22, 2023. If you live in or travel to a big city like New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Chicago, Sydney or Berlin, you’ll quickly have to gain your street smarts. Unfortunately, I have a feeling one of the last things on […]
Want to know the secret to living a sweet life after 50? I’d say my life is pretty sweet, so I think I have it down. 10 Ways To Live A Sweeter Life Let me be clear that I know life is filled with the bitter and the sweet. Trust me, I am a realist. […]
I was once asked, by of my Honey Bees to write a story about the type of questions I would like to ask my close friends. This gets somewhat complicated because if they are already close friends, shouldn’t we know what makes them tick? These women are ‘the cream in our coffee.’ They add delicious […]
HOW I SURVIVED CANCER – AND SO DID MY GRANDDAUGHTER I am a fortunate and grateful cancer survivor. So is my young granddaughter, Skylar. I had two of the deadliest types of cancer. Because I was and am proactive about my health I am alive 14 years later, cancer-free. And, so is Skylar. I […]