Every New Year’s Eve I sit and reflect about the year that just went by. And every single New Year’s Eve I always say, “I can’t believe the year is over! It flew by!” I have a New Year’s Eve traditions that I’ve been doing since 2006… I sit and journal about what happened throughout the last year. I just [...]

2010 was an incredible year for me and my family. It really, really was. I learned a lot this year. I grew a lot as a mom, as a wife and as a friend. I dreamed big this past year, dreamed very big. For me, dreaming big is the only thing to do. I dreamed big as a mom, wife, [...]

One of the most amazing things our family did this past 2010 was go on a Carnival Cruise together. It was absolutely-positively incredible and remarkable for us all! We had time together as a family in beautiful tropical places… it was heaven on earth for us! Carnival will always hold a special place in my heart because it was the [...]

I guess it was in 2009 that I began to live the words that I had so often taught during my 30 years as an English/Reading teacher. The words? Written by one of my favorite authors, Henry David Thoreau… We live but a fraction of our life. Why do we not let on the flood, raise the gates, and set [...]

I have a brand new vision for 2009… And I’m telling you – I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without it… You know when the doctor tells you – “You would probably fail the eye exam at the DMV right now…” that you have problems. So I’m starting off 2009 with a brand new vision – I CAN [...]