mox·ie/ˈmäksē/force of character, determination, courage My grandmother's birthday falls on New Year's Eve. So every year when I'm contemplating the next year, I remember her. For this New Year's Eve, I'd like to invite you into a piece of her story. Grandma passed away on April 18, 2018, eight months shy of reaching 100. Although in many … Continue reading Moxie On Like a Grandma
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60 Things I Learned in 60 Years
My recent 60th birthday solidified my “Better self. Better world.” mantra. With an accumulation of deep and unique life experiences, I now feel more of a duty in my silver-haired season to stand up and speak out for the wellness of our world. To lead as if my life depended on it. Because perhaps it does. … Continue reading 60 Things I Learned in 60 Years
4 Things I Learned about Emotional Wellness
Emotional Wellness: the ability to express feelings, adjust to emotional challenges, cope with life’s stressors, and enjoy life October 2016. The air in my pool filter cylinder pressurized and blasted its lid into my face like a NASA rocket. When turning on the pump, I had not opened a little valve that allows pressure from within to … Continue reading 4 Things I Learned about Emotional Wellness
Can I Love?
This colorful poem showed up in my head and heart a few weeks ago, and so I thought I'd share it with you to kick off Valentine's. It's not mushy romantic. Just a short voyage through an inner world that decided to birth into the outer world. I hope it births some love in you … Continue reading Can I Love?
Love at Full Sight
photo by Stefan Schweihofer from Pixabay “This above all: to thine own self be true.”—William Shakespeare*** If today was the last day you could write, what would you write? I’ve thought a lot about this prompt—contemplating what final words could possibly be heard in the darkness of today’s this or that, tit for tat. But again and … Continue reading Love at Full Sight
To Love or To Leave?
I left off with my last vlog sharing about Patrick’s and my divorce and reconciliation. Today, I explore the question, “To love or to leave?” Disclaimer Before I begin, here’s a little disclaimer. I am not a counselor or whomever society needs for credible advice. In fact, my words are not meant to counsel at … Continue reading To Love or To Leave?
Finding Peace in a Better “We”
On September 21, 2015, "International Day of Peace," a judge declared my divorce as final (the irony, right?). I wish I could say I was at peace on that day, but I felt a mixture of emotions: relief, sadness, heaviness, and a bit lost, as in "What now?" After nearly a five-year process of ups … Continue reading Finding Peace in a Better “We”
Welcome to February
February and valentines are like Bonnie and Clyde. For better or worse, they go hand-in-hand, ‘til death do them part. As clichéd as this partnership is, I must give proper attention to it if I want to truly engage in February. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, "The Sex Doctor" Like most I suspect, I wasn’t trained in … Continue reading Welcome to February
On from Pride Month and into Another Month
Pride Month has passed, a distinction that honors the 1969 uprising in Greenwich Village when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar. According to Britannica.com, "In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969, nine policemen entered the Stonewall Inn, arrested the employees for selling alcohol without a license, roughed up many of … Continue reading On from Pride Month and into Another Month