What if We Could Live Our Lives in Reverse?
“Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” -David Bowie A weird idea came to…
Helping Women Move From Fear into Faith
Tag: life
When Home Staging gets Personal
What if you suddenly walked out of your home, never to return? What would your loved ones find? I’m regularly speaking to baby boomer clients about all their stuff, and what in the world to do with it? We were endowed with rare treasures from our parents and grandparents. Chosen to be caretakers of priceless antiques. “Keep these pieces in our family,” they said. I’m constantly saying to my clients and to myself, “Stuff is only (monetarily) worth what someone is willing to pay for it.”
Hurricanes and Other Storms
I started writing a blog post last week, but somehow I couldn’t get excited about describing emotional trauma caused by mountains of…
A Family Gathering and Our Favorite Bread Recipe
One way to show love and bring folks together is to feed them. I’ve always believed that sharing a meal around the table is the best way to really know people and bond with them. As soon as you pull up a chair to the table, you’re all on common ground. No one is better than the other one and the table joins you together with an invisible cord that causes everyone to breathe easy and be their authentic selves. At least that’s the way I see it.
How to Stage your Home When You’re Staying Put
I love helping folks stage their homes when they are selling. Staging makes an enormous difference. I also enjoy helping clients stage…
The Gallows
There is a common practice that most people engage in to show affection for friends and family. We give gifts. Gift giving…
Computers Make Me Cry
I came close to giving up; I dreamed of doing my writing on a yellow ledger pad and talking on the phone instead of emailing. Could I survive without a computer?
Juxtapositions
JUXTAPOSITIONS. When I think about my life, I truly don’t think I would have known joy and gratitude without the pain.
Message From a Park Bench
Living in the present moment is what I’m guessing she’d encourage me to do. Not wasting a precious minute on things I can’t control or that don’t really matter. My thoughts of her spur me on to be grateful.