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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...

This week I saw a post on LinkedIn shared by John B. Richardson IV, Major General in the U.S. Army, with a simple statement, "Lest we...

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...

I spent Thursday driving from Kansas City, Missouri to East Jordan, Michigan. I left at 10:30 a.m. CST, stopped briefly three times...

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...

A few years ago, I heard a very touching song, Some People Do by Old Dominion, and eventually saw the music video. This song really...

For 27 years now, I have had the privilege of spending time with my daughter on her actual birthday. If that streak ends, I will...

Independence Day reminds me of the bravery of soldiers, but I don't equate that with fearlessness. To me, fearlessness is not allowing...

I recently took a walk early one morning when there was a gentle, cool breeze, and the sun was shining brightly in a perfectly clear,...

This is a photo of one of the Facebook Memories that appeared this week. I couldn’t mean these words more if I wrote them today. In the...

From the time I started writing about my journey, first on Facebook then through these blogs, I have been struck by the comments about...

On my flight to Phoenix early Monday morning, the new PINK song, Turbulence, was playing as we began our descent and started...

Recently, I saw the following video and was very moved by this man's story. When I thought of what to title this blog, the phrase heal...

Well, that's a wrap on birthday week and it couldn't have been any more fabulous thanks to so many wonderful people who blessed me in so...

I have always loved celebrating other people’s birthdays. I carefully select the perfect Hallmark card, think about what gift to give...

This morning I took a moment and sent a text to a few friends wishing them Happy Valentine's Day. One of them responded and said,...