I was in a hurry as I pulled into a parking garage this afternoon, but when I came back out and got into my car I looked up and noticed this beautiful view of the Kansas City skyline. It was as if the garage framed it perfectly, pretty as a picture so I took one. I sent the photo to my daughter and a friend…and then I had these thoughts arise.

I saw this frame more than 20 years ago and even though I knew I shouldn't spend the money on it at that time, I simply had to have it...

“There is a powerful moment in life when you either decide to tolerate life the way it is or decide to be brave and change it.” Rachel...

The following excerpts are from Brave Enough To Be Bliss , Section VI, Chapter 6, shared today in honor of Veterans Day. I’ve only lived...

When I noticed all of this in the sky at the same time while driving last week, I found a safe moment to grab a quick photo. It was as if...

Monday, October 21, I will officially share my Brave Enough To Be Bliss story with the world through my website ...

This is the graphic from my book's first section title page and if I could wrap up the entire book into one sentence, this would be...

I sent a rather large file containing the book, Brave Enough To Be Bliss , to the printing company on Thursday night, but I had to send...

Those eyes. That face. OK, this Gigi is biased, but I think Cooper is just the sweetest and in May we celebrated his fifth birthday. And...

This morning I'm feeling my fingers, and brain, need to warm up before digging into the book, so I decided a blog was in order....

This photo shows the full extent of my worldly possessions other than a carload of clothes and supplies I'm taking to Table Rock Lake...

About a year ago, my daughter and I started having what she coined "champagne dates." Basically, we schedule an afternoon that we are...

When I was thinking about what visual to use, this photo immediately came to mind. While my daughter loved the pool, this was her first...

I attended a very moving Celebration of Life service this week. It's hard to tell exactly how many people were in attendance, but I would...

And it isn't pretty. It's hard. It's sad. It just plain hurts sometimes. And yet, I am so grateful for healing because with it comes the...

Sunday afternoon I enjoyed hiking a trail nearby with the goal of finding the lookout point I'd been told about with a view of Lake...

After I went to church this morning, I was driving around listening to the end of the Chiefs game and decided to drive into East Jordan...

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the P!nk concert in Kansas City. When my daughter mentioned wanting to see her more than six...

On October 11, 2021, a family I know and love lost their 21-year-old daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and cousin. Others lost their...

In late April after unexpectedly losing my job, I decided to put my house on the market so I would be ready to move out of the area if...