Last weekend, my daughter, son-in-law and I had the pleasure of staying with dear friends in Texas. We had been planning the trip for...

I'm one of those people who ends up being in the middle on most all personality tests. I am likely the definition of gray. It’s not that...

“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” Marcel Proust I...

To me, it's so fitting that the Kansas City Chiefs are playing in the Super Bowl today on my dad's 80th birthday. He told me yesterday...

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

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...

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...

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

When I'm exercising, I like to get hot, sweaty and feel like I've worked really hard and given it my all. When I injured my knee on...

I have had a Notes entry in my phone since September 2018 that has a paraphrased version of The Four Questions from The Work of Byron...

When I started this journey, it wasn't because I suddenly had a deep desire to dig into the depths of my heart and soul to uncover...

For some people the process of gift giving can be stressful or at least something that isn't enjoyable. For me, gift giving is one of my...

The first three words of the introduction of the book I’m writing are… Life…is…hard. Not profound. Not anything anyone doesn’t know. But...

I used to say things like... I could never do that (fly Xanax-free, parasail, go three months without a haircut, etc.)! I would never eat...

How often have you heard, or perhaps said, any of these phrases? Unfortunately, I have more times than I care to admit. Tough guys don't...