Many layers of cousins reunite and commit

We agree that life is short and we want more time with one another. We agree that it is time to agree to come together more often.         We agree that the love runs deep and fun pours forth. We put our hands together and agree that we will live to be

Tears and joy all in one day

The day began as I departed from St Louis at dawn and drove to my home town of Chicago. Some people think the drive a horrid one, I love it. I am on the open road, enjoying the countryside, the old farms, the big sky, the rising sun, and the quiet. I trust my time

We’re not Polish, he said, we’re Austrian

My mom’s cousin, who is my second cousin, just died. He was my oldest living relative. He was a WWII veteran and a very faith filled man who had a sweetness and a tough to him that I was drawn to. We exchanged a lot of communications online. He was political and funny and dear.

Family stress and healthy love

The people we are born to or gifted to are not our choice, there is some divine plan in place that puts us where we land. And although there are books written on family and child rearing and group dynamics, there is no book or one program that will be your life guide to every single

Stress, strength, and coping

  It is vital for us to arise each morning and feel the confidence to make the day count, accomplish goals, and feel our capabilities. And yet there are a multitude of distractions and barriers that become challenges that reroute even our best of intentions. We explain to ourselves, and to others, the why of

Self doubt and where it takes you

You already how to complete the opening of that sentence–you have allowed self doubt to take you on wild voyages that made you feel sea sick even though you were nowhere near water. You’ve given yourself headaches and angst and all with the power of your mind. Imagine……imagine where you could go to, how high you could

The self talk game

You wonder why it is that you have a pattern of self sabotage across the course of your life. Maybe it is not a daily practice but each one of us are a work in progress and we mess up — in our head and then that trickles out to every single thing we try

New beginnings are more than possible

This is a week that many observe as Holy Week, me included in that category. And this week can be a great excuse for anyone, yes, any one, any where, at any moment in time. Each day is a new opening for a shift, for goodness to seep into your realm and take hold and

Strength Training: Total Life Fitness

Spring season has opened and you’re thinking that you want to take a walk, go for a run, wear a bathing suit and look buff. You want to wear clothing that is comfortable, not layers that hide your body that represents you have let yourself go. Sound familiar on some level? On many levels? When
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The Chase

We have each engaged in the chase, that hot and passionate pursuit of some thing, some one, some situation, that we craved and created such desire for that it seemed vital to attain. The question is however, what did you pass up in order to maintain the pace and intensity of the pursuit? Did you