Quote of the Week

It’s Wednesday again, already…time for our quote of the week.  Today’s quote isn’t from anyone famous, in fact it is anonymous (as far as I know).  But this just hit me right in the face this morning and I wanted to share it with you… Read more →

Quote of the Week

It sounds simple and yet it can be the hardest thing to do…

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

You may belong to a group of friends who have different priorities than you and to be yourself is getting harder by the day…or in a workplace that rewards behaviors that don’t match up with your personality…being yourself can be the hardest thing to do…or in a failing marriage with a spouse who just doesn’t ‘get’ you or squashes your personality…being yourself is the hardest thing to do…But I say, start now…It’s never too late to become the person you’re meant to be, YOU

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How do you stay true to YOU?

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Women With Balls

From the archives, my celebration of International Women’s Day. (All photos from Wikipedia)

In honor of International Women’s Day I wanted to mention women in history and today, with Balls.  Ya, I said that. Balls.  The ones that inspire, teach and dazzle us.   To me what makes a woman courageous is her ability to go against the mainstream.  She may be doing something that we all look at and ask “why?” and maybe she is the only one who knows Read more →

Divorce Touches Us All

If I continued driving for a few more hours I would make it to B.C.’s beautiful Wine Country.  I could sample some ice wine, I’m thinking as my windshield wipers barely keep pace with the smashing rain drops.  I’m on my way to the Women’s Expo in Chilliwack, B.C..  It’s about a 1.5 hr drive from my home.  But it’s worth every kilometer.  For the first Read more →

V-Day-One Billion Rising

Forget about Cupid.  That’s easy if you’re currently navigating a divorce.  Replace Cupid with a cause.  Join One Billion Rising, a movement started by Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues fame.  She began this movement 15 years ago to raise awareness about violence against women. I only learned about it this year, I’m ashamed to admit.  The One Billion comes from the statistic that one billion women around the world will suffer from violence in their lifetime.  Isn’t that disturbing? Tens of thousands of dance parties, rallies and performances in more than 170 countries will take place on February 14th.  If you would like to participate visit the website OneBillionRising.org to find a rally or dance party in your city.  Also, Anne Hathaway has designed a tank top in honor of the cause.  You can order her tank top here.

Happy Dancy, V Day, ladies! Hats off to everyone who will take a moment to dance for the victims world wide.  Here is my song choice. You can return here and click and dance on the 14th.

So I couldn’t decide between Cyndi Lauper’s classic and now retro; Girls Just Wanna Have Fun or Pink’s FunHouse.  I posted both for you.

I love Pink’s energy in this video. Don’t you just want to drive off on a Harley?

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Finding Your Thinking Place

From the Archives, before you decide to end your marriage do this: FINDING YOUR THINKING PLACE…

photo purchased from Dreamstime

In times of change, we need to go inside ourselves and think. We need a quiet place where we can listen to our heart. When we arrive at a crossroads, we need to take time for ourselves to be quiet, to unplug. In our lives full of constant communication, we need more than ever to learn Read more →

The Wine Diaries-Temporary Goodbyes

FOUR years after my separation, the time came to make the hardest decision next to ending my marriage.  I decided to move back to the West Coast.  I grew up there and it’s where my partner, friends and family still resided. I agonized over this decision.  But I knew as I sat in my house alone yet again anticipating my children’s arrival that would not come to pass, that it was time to seriously re-consider what I was trying to accomplish.  Things weren’t turning out the Read more →

The Flip Side of Divorce

From the archives;  There is always so much negative coverage, comments, judgments and professional nay saying about divorce.  But what about the flip side of divorce?  Yes, there is one.  Instead of focusing on the difficulties, expense and strife of divorce I would like to take a few moments to examine the good, the pluses and the long term Read more →

Bless Us, Everyone

Are you as upset as I am about the latest in a string of mass shootings?  I’m so disturbed and mournful about the Newtown tragedy and at the same time I feel powerless. I feel powerless to assist, powerless to understand, powerless to comprehend let alone to empathize.  How could I empathize with something so horrific?  Read more →

Remembrance

What does divorce and Remembrance Day have in common? The soldiers who set us free also made it easier to exercise our right to divorce.  Without our basic freedoms, how could we pursue something so difficult as divorce?  Read more →