Full Circle

I hope everyone had a fantastic Independence Day! July 4th may very well be one of my most favorite holiday's. I was a summer kid. I lived for warm days, no school and the ability to spend sun-up to sun-down in my grandmothers swimming pool. I looked forward to summer camp, catching fireflies and family [...]

If Scarlett O’Hara Had Been a Modern Day Life-Coach

My all time favorite movie is Gone With the Wind. If I could pack myself up, and move down south, buy a money pit of a historical home on 10 or more acres, I would do it faster than a New York second. I fell in love with Antebellum and Greek Revival architecture at the age [...]

Old Movies, Leading Ladies, and Red Lipstick

I am currently working on the last installment of  A Father's Love. The last portion is a bit more difficult to put into words. There has been so much on my mind lately.  So much so that my typical insomnia is now in overdrive. Needless to say I have been watching a lot of TCM overnight, [...]

A Father’s Love – Part 3

It is now summer of 2010. I have been divorced from my first husband for 4 years, and married to my second husband for 3 years. I have another child, a daughter. I am a Registered Nurse, working in labor and delivery. On this day, in August I am working and I am in the [...]

A Father’s Love, Part 2

There we stand in my grandfather's kitchen. We stare awkwardly at one another. My aunt was crying, my cousin was giggling, my grandfather disappeared somewhere; and there we stood, father and daughter. He took me to Red Lobster for dinner. I hated seafood of any kind. My palate is getting more refined the older I [...]

A Father’s Love

I said in my last entry that I had not been consistent with keeping up with the "blog." This is 100% the case. So much so, that I noticed that I began this particular entry five years ago and never got passed the first sentence. I am sure that five years ago I summed it [...]

Oh, Momma

"Oh, Momma, it will be ok."  "Oh, Momma, this stage does not last."  "Oh, Momma, I feel your pain."  That is how I am feeling the past few weeks. I find that I am either repeating these words to myself or someone else, on a daily basis. I recently was traveling to assist my youngest [...]

What’s Luck Got to Do With It?

I am a child of the 80's. I love all things 80's: big hair, neon colors, and music. I loved the Tina Turner song, What's Love Got to Do With It? I can still hear the catchy melody in my head, on many occasions. Recently, someone told me that I was "lucky." I immediately thought, what's [...]

A Letter to My Children

As youngsters, we dream of what we want to be when we grow up. Many of us dream of becoming doctors, nurses, teachers, and astronauts. When I was young, my main goal in life was to become a mother. Don't get me wrong, I had my list of "careers" that I aspired to have. I [...]

“Let It Go”

Life has been a bit chaotic, in a good way, the past several months. A lot of life changes, new people, new adventures. Honestly, it has been wonderful. Over the summer, my daughter became very fond of the movie "Frozen." The headline song from this Disney film is "Let It Go." As if I really need [...]