A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

~Oscar Wilde

The first time it happened I was horrified.

Within a few days of my 55th birthday, I stopped at a corner drug store to pick up some cleaning supplies on my way to my son’s condo. He had just moved out and I was going over to help him gi...

I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.

~Ellen DeGeneres

I'm going to ask you one simple question.

Do you think you are beautiful?

Before you answer take a deep breath and give yourself a *permission slip* to be okay with being the real deal. 

You...

Not taking that risk is the biggest risk you're taking right now.

~Mel Robbins

I've been thinking a lot about confidence lately. The roller-coaster ride of ups and downs that life can throw our way can often mess with our self-esteem.

There are days that I wake up feeling amazing about myse...

Every person has their own big questions that no one else can answer.
~Oprah

To do or to not to do? That is THE question.

(With a nod of inspiration from an opening phrase of a soliloquy uttered in Shakespeare's Hamlet.)

Here's what got me thinking.

There's a lot going on in my life right n...

The coolest people I've ever met have the most colorful pasts, they've lived lives of risk, made bad choices, learned lessons, explored and they're not afraid of being real. Tattered tapestries woven of similar threads, they're my kind of people. My favorite shades of crazy.

~S.L. Lizotte

I find i...

What do you want from your clothes?

I've been thinking about what my 8-year-old grandson Coen said when he gave me his back to school clothes wish list.

He said "Grandma, I just want to look cool and I want them to fit and be comfortable."

That was easy.

It doesn't take the skills of a personal ...