The year was 1991. A beloved vice president, John Hagan was retiring after 40 years with the company, most recently running retail security.  The party was at Marriott in East Hanover, New Jersey, the room was filled with most of the various store executives. It was a beautiful tribute to a good man.  The music…

The traffic was swiftly moving across the Tappan Zee Bridge. I had reached the bridge in under an hour, making great time on this cloudy afternoon. This commute is a crapshoot, and you never know what traffic you may hit when. This was a good day, moving along to the Thruway at great speed. I…

I had just picked up Mom and Aunt Kit to head to Atlantic City for the day. We try to do this a few times a year so they get their 3 card poker fix.  They both can sit at that table for hours. We were chatting when I heard a text come through on…

As a master practioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I am well versed in the tenets of personality and how we are hard wired with certain propensities. MBTI relies on 4 dichotomies focused on 1) how you take in information; 2) how you make decisions with that information; 3) how you get your energy…

 The morning air was cool for early September. It was dark and silent as I walked to the car, the stars were twinkling and the full moon was bright, large and low. I placed my suitcase in the trunk and got into my car. I seem to leave earlier and earlier each week for…

I was recently reading about the book, The Life Changing Method of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo. It is referred to as the Japanese way of decluttering.…hold each item and ask if the item sparks joy. If it does,  keep it. If it does not, toss it. Seemed simple and I thought a bit far-…

The warm sun tingled by skin; the light breeze worked to cool me a bit. I could hear the trickling of the fountain in the pond. Birds chirped and flew from one feeder to another beating each other out for specks of food. I got up from the lounge chair and walked to the pool…

A few weeks back I wrote a blog called “A Masterpiece and a Work in Progress.”  That particular post focused on how we have deeper layers of healing to do and we can be great and a work in progress at the same time.  This piece shared how emotions were on the surface and I…