Early in May, our 15-year-old feline, Basil, had a bout of Pancreatitis. It was a rough several days and if Basil didn’t use up a few of his nine lives, John and I possibly took some years of our one. The last few weeks he’s made a great recovery and is back to normal. We…

Some weeks offer the opportunity or necessity to regroup. You know what I mean. Things begin to go amok and they just continue down a certain negative trajectory. You find yourself watching it unfold in front of you and before it totally crashes and burns you try to salvage what is left. We had one…

Recently I was speaking with a friend of mine about her daughter who was debating which college she wanted to attend in the fall. She had many choices, offers and scholarships. She just couldn’t decide which one was best and the deadline for choosing a school for the fall was just days away. This mom…

This weekend we will celebrate Mother’s Day and as I began to think about all the moms out there I realized that I won’t be with two of my girls this weekend. Karma kicks me in the butt all the time! I haven’t even seen my own mom on Mother’s Day in 23 years. Some…

My poor, sweet 13-year-old baby had the flu last week. She was so sick that most of those nights I slept with her. It started with a sore throat and crocodile tears on Sunday morning. By Tuesday she was actually begging to see the doctor. That was my first sign that things were not improving…