Last Saturday (Feb2) was Imbolc/St Brigid's Day.  An Irish holiday which falls halfway between Winter solstice and the Spring equinox ....

Last month I wrote about all the amazing people that stand by me.  How great it is to have such a strong circle of friends and family...

The other day as I was driving, “Stand by Me” a song by Ben E King came on my oldies radio station.  When I got home, I had to look up...

Kindness:  Kindness is a type of behavior marked by acts of generosity, consideration, rendering assistance, or concern for others,...

As I sit at my dining room table, windows wide open, breeze rushing in, listening to the birds singing their morning song I reminisce...

One year ago this week I started my third cycle of chemo treatments.  The pesky cancer came back for the third time and is now stable,...

After more than 15 years of love, joy, and laughter our puppy Tank crossed the rainbow bridge. Preparing for the transition, yesterday I...

It has been a year of mixing it up for me.  It culminated with my Christmas decorations.  I’m one of those people they joke about on...

You are not alone…those were the words that flitted into my mind at a recent Reiki session. As you can imagine, I have been pondering the...

I love being barefoot – feeling the dewy grass on my feet in the early mornings, and nuzzling my toes into the carpet in our home. My...

At the end of June I finished my chemo treatments. The tumor shrunk and I am considered stable. For a cancer patient, stable is a nice...

I love this quote from Winnie the Pooh and the simple message it evokes. Sometimes we need to sit with difficult days, not fix them, not...

I’m never sure what date you "celebrate" a cancerversary – the day you first saw a doctor, the day you saw the oncologist or the day of...

During a recent holiday dinner my daughter did one of those icebreaker questions, you know the kind that gets conversations going..."what...

Today as I was hiking one of my favorite trails the word wonderment came to mind. I am in awe of nature around me…the wind whistling...

Sitting in our living room with a cup of coffee is my morning ritual. It is quiet and time to reflect before starting the day’s journey....

While not my "usual" blog post, this article has EXCELLENT information to share with any woman in your life! You know me, the shout it...

The other night I dreamt I was at the base of a beautiful cascading waterfall. The waterfall that Steve and I ventured to in the Olympic...

I recently attended a women’s cancer retreat – Camp Mak-A-Dream in Montana. They offered so many programs – yoga, writing workshops, art...

You gotta love mud – especially as a child. Sloshing around in the mud and mud puddles is a universal joy shared by all children. For us...