Central Florida is hot and muggy. Our sticky summers send many scurrying for the north each year. As a native Floridian you would think I would be accustomed to these heat onslaughts. But I’m caught off guard every year. I find myself even attempting to justify residing in this hot box (and don’t let me […]
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God Must Have a Sense of Humor
I think God must have a sense of humor. After all, why wouldn’t he/she/them? When you represent ultimate positivity and goodness, why wouldn’t humor be in your arsenal of attributes? I know it is one of my favorites in friends, family members, even spiritual advisors. I actually researched “Best Attributes” and “Favorite Attributes in a […]
No Son, Your Body Odor Does Not Smell Like Roses
Jim and I flew to Chicago last fall. Considering COVID, the thermometer reading on our trepidation scale concerning airline travel was high. But we double masked, shielded, and wore latex gloves. And we did not get COVID I’m happy to report. One afternoon during our visit I was taken aback by an exchange between my […]
Transforming Adversity into a Cherished friendship
Someone Who Can See Us As Our Best and Most Complete Selves is what we aspire to with friendships
On Being is great for Exploring hard questions Listen for meaning
I think I have a girl crush. There, I’ve said it out loud. Mind you, I don’t know her personally; I listen to her voice and read her words. Krista Tippett, according to her bio, is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author. She is the founder of On Being, a radio […]
Happy 87th Birthday Mom
This week marked the occasion of what would have been my mother’s 87th birthday. I knew her for less than half of my life. It’s unfair for Moms to die so young. Breast cancer robbed my Mom of relationships with grandchildren and a promising writing career. Premature death also leaves a daughter with mostly memories […]
Game Changers: Birth control Pill and COVID Vaccine
I grew up in Florida, a state that deservedly gets its reputation as a non-progressive state. Our statewide election results corroborate this fact. We are the butt of late-night talk show jokes. FloriDUH is the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s twitter handle, “a sunny place for shady people.” Florida writer Carl Hiaasen mines the antics of […]
#Choose to challenge the Bra
Happy International Women’s Day! The theme of International Women’s Day this year is #Choosetochallenge. This call to challenge has a serious intent. From challenge comes change. Change in the biases that have long prevented women from achieving social and economic parity. Collectively, we can create an inclusive world. My challenge may not be taken as […]
