I’ve never liked to start at the beginning. I want to start in the middle and skip all the beginners’ stuff. I’ve always wanted to be the expert right from the start. On anything I do. Maybe it’s the youngest child syndrome coming out in me. I grew up seeing all of my siblings ahead […]

Betty wanted a man. She didn’t have one yet, but she was hoping to meet someone.  She imagined what he would look like and where he would live. How old he was and what kind of job he had. Then she imagined what he would be like.  The kinds of things he would like to […]

“You would be so much happier if you lost the weight – and I just want you to be happy.” I’ve heard this a lot.  You probably have, too. But the problem wasn’t that people said these things to me (or that I said them to myself).  I believe they were well meaning. The problem […]

This time of year is great fun, but I’m all about honesty. The holidays can derail us. We arrive in November as our normal selves, and then get knocked out of alignment until January.  Then we pull ourselves together when we enter the “real world” again on January 1. Don’t get me wrong.  I love […]