Words Matter

THE BEAUTY PARLOR

THE BEAUTY PARLOR This is what my mother always called the place that we would go to get our hair cut. The connection I feel when I grace the entra...

SUNDAY MORNING GLORY

SUNDAY MORNING GLORY Sundays. Homemade freshly ground black coffee, a warming soulful fire and two newspapers waiting for me. Rising early, a littl...

FOUR MONTHS TODAY (AGAIN)

FOUR MONTHS TODAY (AGAIN) I realized this morning when I went to the gym and my friends and trainers, Kathy and Kyle reminded me that it was the th...

FOR THE LOVE OF TEAM

FOR THE LOVE OF TEAM Being in business for over 16 years, like being a parent, has a lot of memories. Ups and downs, ebbs and flows, successes and ...

YOU ARE SO AWESOME

YOU ARE SO AWESOME Headed into Barnes and Noble yesterday afternoon to stock up on some books for an employee’s baby shower today and wow, how book...

WHY AM I SURPRISED

WHY AM I SURPRISED For anyone who knows me, I am on a constant partnership with myself. I am like my own science experiment when it comes to indulg...

MY MARVELOUS MORNINGS

MY MARVELOUS MORNINGS I have always been an early riser. People in my “inner circle” know this about me. My team knows this too since I am known to...

BEHIND THE TIMES

BEHIND THE TIMES Ahhh. Glorious Sunday mornings. Wake up, nestle up close and personal with the warmth of my partner’s comforting skin on my skin, ...

I HAVE FAKE BOOBS

I HAVE FAKE BOOBS The four words to this title strike me with somewhat of a disbelief as I get further away from my final surgery three months ago ...

A GOOD MOM

A GOOD MOM “You’re a good mom,” Michael said to me with such a voice of sincerity a few weeks back. Hearing the words from my life partner, my para...

OH SHIT IT HAPPENED

OH SHIT IT HAPPENED As clear as a bell I remember the nanosecond moment when I delivered my son and the energy in the room shifted from a couple to...

LET IT SNOW

LET IT SNOW The snowstorm called bomb something or other was beautiful, wasn’t it? The last days of December leading to the first few days of Janua...