That One Day At a Time Thing

  Last year, I spent Father’s Day in a hospital holding our daughter Serenity’s hand while she recovered from surgery to remove a portion of her lung. The surgeon hoped to eradicate the pesky specks of cancer that kept popping up. Serenity hoped to...

When The Dots Connect

  Next week, I’m going to be dancing in the streets. Okay, maybe just in my kitchen. The cause of this celebration is that one of my friends/students/fellow artists will see his first story published. And, if you have ever struggled to bring anything to...

A Tiny Bit of Good News

  And now the world has a new princess. She isn’t our only princess. She shares the title with a few other ladies in the world. But she is the newest and the closest to the British throne. And, the first who can take her place on that throne without being...

Watercolor In-Laws

Last weekend, we enjoyed a rare visit with my husband’s big brother and his wife from Tampa, Florida. Rees has always been the family hero, which you would expect from a brother who was already driving a yellow convertible by the time you were old enough to...

What to Do When Systems Fail

Many motivational speakers/writers/salespeople will tell you systems are the secret to success. And, I love that. I have a system for just about everything in life including the order in which I wash my body in the shower. (Too much information?) What’s more, I...