Grab Your Happiness!
I’ve found that once you grow up and live a little bit of life, you start to wonder what all this means. Is there life after death? Do people on the “other side” come back to help you as guides? Are guardian angels real? And how does all this connect to God (or by another […]
It’s a new year and a new decade. What are some of your goals this year? Going on that dream vacation? Buying the house you’ve been saving for? Getting healthier and feeling better about your life? What about just not having to worry if your paycheck will get you to the end of the month? […]
Human beings have been seeking self-help guides and ways to improve themselves for thousands of years. Proof of this are the ancient Chinese texts on Confucianism called the Four Books and Five Classics which attempt to illustrate a path to perfect virtue and of course the Bible, which includes several tips on self help that […]
Asking for a raise is one of those things that some people have no problem with… and for the rest of us it’s terrifying! We don’t want to seem greedy or we don’t want to hear a big “No!” and be disappointed. We run all kinds of worst-case scenarios through our heads and settle on […]
Mornings can get hectic. You’re rushing to get ready for work, get the kids fed and out the door, and …. PING! You just got ANOTHER non-work-hours text from your boss you have to drop everything to answer. Then you nearly trip over the cat, who’s very annoyed at their empty food bowl. So you […]
For some of us humans on the planet (like me!) eating right and weight management have been life-long struggles. It hasn’t been easy to learn how to eat without always being on a diet or feeling bad when I “cheated” on that never-ending diet. If I gave into my comfort foods, which was usually due […]
One of those uncomfortable “rights of passage” into middle age is the colonoscopy. When you hit the mid century mark they want to take a look under the hood to make sure all looks well and there’s nothing nasty hiding that could cause cancer or other issues. It’s one of those things like military basic […]
My little sister and I were reminiscing about our beloved Grandmother the other day, we affectionately always knew her as “Gram.” Even into her 80’s she could outwalk us all and we hardly ever saw her sitting down. She was always buzzing around the kitchen and house doing “stuff.” My sister Stace, who is the […]
Have you ever gotten home from work and all you wanted to do was just curl up on the couch under a blanket, binge watch your favorite show and forget about the world? Your brain is fried, and you can’t stop wondering whether you forgot to send that critical email before you finally made it […]
One southern dish that my Steel Magnolias-esque mother-in-law used to cook for family gatherings was ham rice. It was a simple, yet delicious and much requested dish that included ham of course, but also rice made with the juices of the ham, hence… ham rice. Another southern favorite that my Yankee and western upbringing never […]
