I’ve lived in the Central Florida area for more than 30 years and ever since I was in high school I remember people talking about...

I am sitting on the back porch. It is an unusual mid-May afternoon in Florida. It is windy and cooler. My friends think the pandemic has...

About a year ago, I met up with a friend I had not seen in almost a decade. We grabbed a drink and some appetizers at a chilled wine bar....

I am a big Taylor Swift fan. When her Miss Americana movie came out in 2020, I was ready. I didn’t expect to watch such an intimate...

When I was about 9 years old, I started designing dresses after school. I started bringing them to class and showing my classmates. One...

One of the hardest questions Buddha asked is, what makes you the happiest? Oftentimes the things that make us the happiest are the things...

I am pretty good at my job. I have many years of experience and I make decisions based on knowledge, data and instinct. I was in a...

I had just gotten home from a long business trip. It had been weeks of being on the go. Multiple cities and different continents. The...

I met up with my friend and confided to him about a tough situation I was dealing with. I share with him my plans and he clearly...

It’s early. The house is quiet and I am getting a head start on the day. Like always there is so much to do and there seems to be so...

Here I was, signing divorce papers again. It wasn’t my first rodeo, but the stakes were higher. I was trying to be brave and on the...

I was chatting with a friend about dating. He thinks I should open some online profiles to see what kinds of guys I meet. Online dating...

I like to find interesting quotes on Pinterest, and one night I found, “we accept the love we think we deserve.” I had gone through a...

I lay on the sidewalk not knowing if I could move. Lilo was startled, her leash tangled between both our legs. I could hear the cars...

I wake up at 5am and start getting my hiking gear ready. I take a deep breath knowing I am pushing myself to the limit today - both...

The airline attendant made the last call to board the flight out of NY Laguardia to Orlando. I was heading home after three days in the...

Four years ago I went to bed feeling grateful my daughter had white skin and that she looked like the poster image of an “All American”...

One of my favorite stories is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I cry every time I read it to my daughter and I once gifted it to my...