As I look to a new year, two words come to my mind, uncertainty and excitement. Obviously, these two words do not necessarily go together. After all, there is not much exciting about uncertainty. While I am excited about the … Continue reading →
…We can remember yesterday. We can dream about tomorrow. But today is the only day we can savor. Last week after my friend Cathy’s heart surgery, the nurse gave her only a small sip of ice water, and told her … Continue reading →
Cathy McCormick is my sister, not by blood, but by choice. She is one of those special people that everybody loves as soon as they meet her. But you will have to get your own best friend, because she is … Continue reading →
This time of year, I love sharing my favorite Thanksgiving story with my family and friends. It is a sweet reminder that, even through hardship, I still have so much to be grateful for. I hope the story blesses your … Continue reading →
One morning in the summer of 2016, I woke up feeling better than I had felt in years. The debilitating nerve pain of RSD that had come to rule my life since my breast cancer surgeries five years before had … Continue reading →
Well, I guess it must finally be here. Are you feeling the undeniable cool breeze of Fall like I am? Yesterday, I stepped outside in the late afternoon and had to go back inside to grab a jacket. Then it … Continue reading →
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While the leaves are turning orange, our country is turning pink as a reminder that breast cancer is a killer that affects one in eight women. I have had my own battle with breast … Continue reading →
Oh, what a sad Monday! Like you, one of the first things I read this Monday morning was about the horrible shootings that took place in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Hundreds of innocent people were gunned down by an … Continue reading →
On September 11, 2001, we were standing in the adoption agency in Greenville when the planes hit the World Trade Towers. We watched the television with their staff in horror as the second plane hit. 2,977 people died in the … Continue reading →
Life is filled with the unexpected. Here are a couple of certainties. If you love your current situation, embrace it, enjoy it, it will change. Do you feel like everything bad is happening to you all at once? Sometimes the … Continue reading →
