I’ve taken a step away from the blog for the last couple of weeks…not by choice.  In fact there are some great people waiting to share with the blog; it’s me not them.  I wish I had a thrilling adventure to write about that kept me from blogging.  This is not the case.  I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.  There…

This is not your average Effortless and Exquisite post because the day I’m going to describe is not your average day.  Certain ones we remember our entire lives.  This was one of those days.  It is still extremely surreal and I feel very blessed.  I will give you some of the background details and then the story.                                                      The Background:   I am…

Life is sometimes difficult.  I want my blog to be a helpful, witty read for everyone who visits.  I also want to talk about things in life that are substantive and even hard to write about.   Fourteen years ago my brother Robby had brain cancer at age 11.  Our family stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in New York City during his operation and his…

  Call me Ishmael. I’m using the opening line from Moby Dick to begin my blog because I wasn’t sure how or where to start and it worked really well for Herman Melville. I had the idea for a blog several years ago but life, work, relationships, etc. take time and I procrastinated. Several years ago I saved a quote…