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Ask, Believe, Receive. Those three words are really important to me as we begin 2019. I am focused this year on allowing life to unfold more without me controlling so much. I am asking clearly for what I want, believing I deserve it and believing in the magic of the universe and then being open…

As we do each year, it is time to begin to reflect on 2018 and gear up for 2019. What happened in 2018 that we are proud of or want more of in the next year, what do we wish was handled differently, how did we show up and how did that help us?  What…

“Open hearts. Christmas is about opening our hearts to love, to love the way another needs it today, not the way you need to love. This is about caring more about someone else then yourself. It isn’t about who bought the nicest thing, the most expensive thing or the most meaningful thing. It is about…

The boys were seven and nine, precocious and adorable, and wanted to test me. My first meeting was at the Old Country Buffet on route 9 in OldBridge, a place I would never go to myself. As we stood outside, Andrew turned to me and said,”want to see something?” Of course I replied and we…

As we waited for the valet to bring the car around we started seeing different members of our family. Hugs and kisses for all. We were all abuzz and excited to be spending a few days together to celebrate a 60th wedding anniversary.  From around the country, the extended family and descendants of Frances Spiro…

How do you spell awkward? First Date. What could be more awkward than meeting someone you only saw online, or someone you met only once after a few cocktails? You aren’t quite sure if they will look like their picture, or if you remember what they look like at all. You have a little knowledge…

Grief hits in waves, ebbing and flowing, in and out. It crashes against you at one moment and smoothly lap ankles a next. Some days are filled with sadness and fear and the others are less so, almost forgetting for a moment. Only a moment though. There are times that the grief is solely focused…

Hope. The feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Sometimes we say we hope and pray for something, when we put that desire out in to the universe, asking God or whoever we pray to, to help us receive what we desire. I hope and pray for things, sometimes they do…

ahhh, single life. For some it is paradise and for some it can feel like solitary confinement. As with everything, there are pros and cons to being single. And for everyone it is probably a bit different. Some of us have been single more than we have been in a partnership. And that presents some…

“And they called it puppy love…” “Dogs are so much responsibility.” ” Are you sure you want that commitment?”  “You are nuts, dogs are a lot of work.”  “You are crazy, you have freedom now.” Those are the things that get said when someone decides they want a dog. Well, at least they were said…