More than forty years later I finally understand the wisdom of my typing teacher, Karen Simon. Ms. Simon was a hoot. She was a single Jewish woman in her late twenties when I was in high school. Walking up and down the classroom between the rows of … [Read more...] about Meeting In The Middle

With Thanksgiving upon us I began to think about what it really means to be grateful, and how my concept of gratitude has evolved through the years, as has much of my thinking. I turned to Google for the definitions of gratitude and thankfulness … [Read more...] about Love Is The Way I Walk In Gratitude

Recently, a friend shared a Slavic folk tale figure, popular with his high school students, named Baba Yaga. I was intrigued that she ate children and, unlike other witches, could not be killed. I commented that seemed like an awfully scary story for … [Read more...] about Hitler Is a Monster…Is It True?

My second marriage of twenty years ended when I finally faced the fact that my life didn’t look anything like I’d imagined. I hit a tipping point: the pain of ignoring the nagging, persistent, long-time call of my heart was greater than walking away … [Read more...] about The End of the Line

You’re in charge of only one person and that person is YOU. Think about it. Who can you experience and influence directly? Who can you know most intimately and with certainty? What is the one thing you have complete control over? How can you … [Read more...] about What Makes a Leader?

As I was going through the checkout line at the grocery store this morning, the clerk stopped halfway through processing my order and disappeared. It soon became apparent that she went to help another customer who was struggling with the … [Read more...] about But How Can You Be So Nice?

“Oh my gosh!” “What, what’s the matter?” My friend asked me with alarm from the other end of my phone. “It’s my leg,” I said, fascinated as I looked at it, crossed over my other leg. “I don’t recognize it. I mean I don’t remember ever seeing … [Read more...] about Crepe Suzette or “Wrinkles” By Any Other Name

When I left my husband five years ago, the last thing on my mind was another relationship. I wasn’t soured on men, I simply wanted to concentrate on re-introducing myself to myself, to fall in love with me and to give the best I could in service to … [Read more...] about Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places