Image Source-Pixabay After talking with them, I changed our company meetings When I first became a manager, I totally brought into the manager look. Every day I dressed in a well pressed tailored suit, high heels, full makeup and jewelry. It took half an hour to do my hair each morning. When I say full …
Image Source-Pixabay Firewalking promised to revitalize my weary spirit. Instead, it made me a better leader. My husband and I went to a seminar to learn how to walk on fire. The seminar was part of my plan to remember who I was. I was working for a toxic boss. A man promoted by a …
Image Source-FreeImages & Pixabay I can’t stop With an irresistible call to my laptop The feeling builds until I must strike the keys My head is hurting from thinking Every day I tell myself it is over It’s not I must write more The word count is low I won’t stop No one can stop me …
Image Source-Pixabay * I don’t want no gold watch for workin’ fifty years from nine till five Awhile the boss is guzzling champagne And I’m beltin’ beer in some dive I was sitting in the sun listening to one of my favorite Lou Rawls songs, A Natural Man. The song reminded me of the life I intended …
Image Source-Pixabay You are not too old, and it is not too late I did not begin my writing career until I retired from my corporate career. I worked thirty-plus years in corporate America; starting as an Associate Engineer with my electrical engineering degree from the University of Illinois in my hot little hand. My …
Image Source-Pexels Losing a loved one is a pain that never goes away. I’m randomly grief-stricken by my mom’s death. It’s not an everyday occurrence. It occurs less and less over time, but the pain is still strong whenever it happens. She has been dead for over twenty years. I was watching a retrospective on …
Image Source-Pixabay I was buck-naked. Mom insisted that I stand naked on the back porch, crying and shivering until she let me back into her house. She wanted to show me who was in charge. Our problem was that I was just like Mom. I was an arrogant smart-mouthed know it all fifteen-year-old girl who …
pixabay Every aspect of my book is under my control. I’m the decider. I am a control freak. I like to be the leader — the head person in charge. I want complete control of my book. There is a fairy tale about traditional publishing that haunts me. I’ve dreamed about it for a long time. I …
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https://pixabay.com/photos/balloons-party-colors-rubber-fly-1786430/ a poem about being present watching my husband cook smelling bacon and waffles cats walking bumping legs sitting at the table knife thrashing the cutting board sunlight streaming on the floor fish pirouetting in the pond lone duck swimming away and back softly feeling good surveying this moment loving life Join my newsletter. I …
Decisions, decisions (AdobeStock_64298425 licensed to the author) I love to eat. I lost 108 pounds, but I needed to lose 138 pounds. “My 600-lb Life” on TLC is my booster. I lost 108 pounds five years ago. I have kept the weight off. I did not meet my weight loss goal. I use “My 600-lb Life” …
