


Lessons from my mom
As I write this, it is my mom’s birthday, as well as the anniversary of her passing and so naturally, she is in my thoughts and in my heart a little bit more than usual today. My hubby asked me if I was sad, and with a bit of contemplation, I realized that I was no...
Has anyone ever told you to JUST GO WITH THE FLOW? Yeah, right!
Has anyone ever told you to just go with the flow? Just “surrender”, they say? Let Go! Take a chill pill! Well, last time I checked – people don’t become successful by “chilling”! I mean, how can anyone expect you to rise to riches...
How To Fall Down Happily
How to fall down…happily I fell down one more time. Everyone laughed. I was a little 13-year-old girl acting as Scarecrow in our school play, “The Wizard of Oz”, and we were practising the day before the big show. “Do you know what, Nicky?” my drama teacher...
How to not give a SOCK about what anyone thinks
There I stood, in my jeans and a pretty top, with black socks and no shoes, on my way to a school disco. I was 12. “No-one will notice,” my mom insisted. “Really, mom?” “Yes, really,” she continued. “No-one will be looking at...