Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Growing up, Martin Luther King, Jr. and I would often share a birthday, and I felt a special connection to him, and not just because I got the day off. His words struck me; even in my grammar school days, [...]
Growing up, Martin Luther King, Jr. and I would often share a birthday, and I felt a special connection to him, and not just because I got the day off. His words struck me; even in my grammar school days, [...]
This year, instead of making a resolution, choose to take your true dreams out of hiding. Write your dreams down. Speak them aloud. Share them with others. Your spirit will awaken, and you will be who you were born to [...]
Live: Planning a surprise for someone!! I can’t say much, but doing something special for a completely deserving, totally unsuspecting someone is LIVING!!! Love: Creating play dough cakes with LuLu and the Little Man while watching Cake Boss and listening [...]
It was kind of a cold office- not temperature wise, just the energy. There were book shelves, but the books didn’t seem to have life in them. I felt like if I picked them up, on the inside there would [...]
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 [...]
LuLu asked me if she could begin ballet classes. This made me recall an incident in a coffee shop years ago where I overheard some mothers talking in front of their daughters about ballet photos. One mother warned the other, [...]
I remember when I was a little girl, we watched a movie called “Six Weeks”. It was about a 12 year-old girl named Niki who was dying from leukemia. She wants to do “one last great thing” . She ends [...]
Yes, I am a total “girl’s girl”, and a huge country music fan. So, I think Martina McBride’s ode to women says it all- dream with everything you have…check out the full lyrics below. [...]
My husband and I always say we feel like Millana (aka LuLu) and Ewing (aka Little Man) have been in our lives forever. We can’t even remember a time without them, and are blessed to have them in our world. [...]