This is a small snippet of the reaction of some of the girls and staff of Kenmare School in Jersey City, when checking out at the beautiful mural being painted by the cre8tive sistas at the York Street Project. I [...]
We had such a beautiful weekend at Kenmare School in Jersey City. The weather was divine, the leaves starting to turn to orange and brown. I think it’s the change of seasons that signals us to take a look at [...]
Live: Rocking my Little Man to sleep to “Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word.” Since I don’t actually know all of the words, we kind of make them up as we go along. At one point I sang, “If [...]
A few months ago, a team of people from Oprah Winfrey’s Network (OWN) came to New Jersey searching for the next TV star for their “OWN” show. With a lot of coordination and support from family and friends, I spent [...]
As you know, I’m a firm believer that we should all dream big – see my post about Expanding Your Vision! When our spirit dreams big, it becomes a ‘state of being’- something we are called to do. Yes, there [...]
I met Tara Vancil on facebook. I knew from the moment I saw her profile photo, this girl was an inspirista. No, not because of her gorgeous, long flowing light hair or the contagious energy of her smile. Etched in [...]
It may just be a regular old pair of shoes, but a little glue, some glitter, and a couple of gemstones, and you’ve got a pair of ruby slippers that can take you anywhere. Alright, so maybe be-dazzling is not [...]
Live: Adding chicken meatballs to the escarole soup from Sunday. Eating it on the porch while watching the rain and waiting for the family to return from their shopping trip. Love: LuLu and Little Man’s excitement for Halloween. They bought [...]
Yesterday the air was cool. We all wore thermals, my husband lit a fire, I woke up and baked zucchini muffins, later in the day made escarole soup, and for dinner, we had a hearty vegetable stew. We sat on [...]
Last September, I had my first mammogram. I was 33 years old, and typically they want you to get a baseline at 40, but I had some weirdness happening with “the gals”, and I didn’t want to mess around. So [...]