Snoring makes me an irrational, seething, rage-filled lunatic. My husband, Tony, fell asleep on the couch over the weekend when we were watching a movie. I was still awake and had every intention of finishing the movie. However, between the grating...
The words we speak conjoined with the tone with which we deliver them can either be a force that inspires good feelings and open hearted interaction or little land mines which ignite negativity, reinforce reactivity and spark conflict. The Blurt...
I was awake before the alarm, determined to make the morning as easy as possible for my girl. My daughter was entering a school for the first time in 14 months, a new school. No longer was she entering a building crammed with adorable five year olds...
“You Can’t Control the Wind but You Can Adjust Your Sails” Between the stay at home orders and the frozen tundra which shutdown most of Texas, like many of you, I have had plenty of quiet time to reflect on my life; where I’ve been, where I am now...
Raucous laughter danced with the pulsating drums of Phil Collins as the party stretched well past midnight. I briefly worried that our neighbors were going to call the police and how embarrassing it was going to be to have to say to the cop, “I’m...
I hate Winnie the Pooh. My husband, Tony, is to blame for the ill-will. Tony is many a splendid thing; hard-working, loyal, loving, dependable, pragmatic, an unbelievable handy-man, witty. However, he has never been considered a sentimental fool nor...
Ok, I have a confession. I’m not gonna lie . . . Mother’s Day weekend has hit me smack dab in the heart since 1979. The pain of losing my mom at 19 and the annual May reminder of my deep loss inevitably gets triggered by emotional mother/daughter...
I am in the process of finding an agent for my memoir manuscript. It is hard. It is filled with a rejection – a lot of rejection. However, I’m going to keep on keepin’ on until my dream becomes a reality. Thank you for being part of the...
If there is one significant outcome of surviving the pandemic and the Texas ice storm of the century – for me it has been this: the desire and intention to live each day as if it is my last, to slow down and savor the moments. It’s amazing how in...
We wanted to take a moment to thank you, our Charlotte area listeners, for what has truly been an amazing, life-changing, glorious run. I never dreamed, back in February 1992, that our show would still be going in 2021. Heck, I didn’t expect to last...