September 3, 2022 How to choose the right home for your family We’ve lived in our home for exactly 10 years this month. It’s been an amazing place to raise our daughter. We have never second-guessed…
August 22, 2022 How to spend a weekend all by yourself My family went away for a weekend and left me home alone. This sentence could sound sad or forlorn to some, but now read…
August 15, 2022 10 things I learned from my heart attack There’s nothing like a near-death experience to make you reflect on your life and ponder lessons learned. Okay, so my heart attack was a…
August 6, 2022 I only have heart attacks in Hawaii Are you one of those people who uses humor to deal with tough situations? I am. I have always tended toward dark humor. I…
August 3, 2022 What should kids know about money? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about kids and money. Specifically, what should kids know about money and when should we teach them? And…
July 7, 2022 It’s possible to be too positive sometimes Have you ever noticed that some people are always positive and can find the bright side of any situation? That’s me. All my life,…
June 21, 2022 A return to doing more again Did you pull back a little – or a lot – during the “pandemic years”? The past two years were rough for so many…
June 5, 2022 Is it time to liberate my gray hair? I’ve been dyeing my hair red since I was 25 years old. Wow. That adds up to 27 years’ worth of red hair dye,…
May 18, 2022 Girl, don’t take his name when you marry Time for an unpopular opinion: young women shouldn’t change their last names to match their husbands. I should add that this is a case…
May 6, 2022 I remember the first time I heard “grunge” in 1992 I love music and always have. I have super eclectic taste in music and appreciate almost all of it. I used to say that…
