It’s true; whether we like it or not, our life is a direct reflection of how we live. Every action, thought, dream, desire, accomplishment, and fear play out like a movie – some lives are blockbusters and some are not. If you want to live a different life, a more delicious life,…
Read MoreTwo years ago we opened our hearts and lives to adopt a sweet new puppy into our home. What we thought we were adopting was little puppy who needed a good home – what we got was a teacher. Bella’s life had begun rather precariously. When she was only a few weeks…
Read MoreWith technology and access to world news one need not look far for evidence of loss and sadness. There is news all around us. Daily, on social media, we see the announcements of the loss of loved ones and atrocities of mankind. This constant access can create a sense of melancholy and…
3 Comments Read MoreDreams do come true! For me and they can for you too. Readers’s Favorite Awards Years of struggle and toil created the patch work of life I once feared and hid from. Replaced now with freedom and validation as of Sept 2014. MAH00294
No Comments Read MoreIt is said the sweetest thing one ever hears is their spoken name. Perhaps this is true if you are not afraid for your life but for me if someone called me by my birth name my blood ran cold. If you knew my real name that meant you knew me! If…
No Comments Read MoreDon’t do it – they say. They say, “don’t build your house on shaky ground”. Rather build your home and life on a foundation that will stand the test of time. At times though, it can feel like your life is built on sinking sand – metaphorically speaking that is. Sometimes life…
No Comments Read MoreBIG, BIG NEWS Believe it possible – dreams do come true. In 2007 when I began writing Frock Off I had a BIG dream. A dream too share the message and to be heard. I needed to give a voice to Susan and Mom. To reclaim my life and to make a…
22 Comments Read MoreYesterday as I was packing for our pending move I discovered something I thought I had lost in one of my 49 moves. There they were, stuffed deep in a box, tangled and tucked under a bunch of old papers – some of the many medals I had acquired over the years…
2 Comments Read MoreIt’s time for a little frock talk. One thing I am a master at, is frocking up. I am a full blown Frock-aholic! For clarity sake, frocks can be fabulous and funky or they can be ill-serving. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing information about the many ill-serving frocks…
No Comments Read MoreBecause sometimes, a song like a picture says so much – very few words are needed. No matter the challenge I have always known there is light at the end of the tunnel. At times the circumstances were so overwhelming that I felt broken. Yet time does fade the memories. The truth…
No Comments Read MoreFor years I lived in disguise and fear; never knowing what might happen or if “he” would return to “finish the job”. I am often asked what it feels like to be out of hiding. Hard to describe what freedom really feels like. In a way it’s like describing peace or success.…
2 Comments Read MoreTime to Detox Your Frocks The promise of a new year, like beautiful newborn baby, fills many with anticipation and excitement. The prospect of all that is to come, brings joy and creates unbridled enthusiasm. We are born innocent; we don no frocks – none at all. As we grow, we…
5 Comments Read MoreMy Easy Bake Oven When I was eight years old I wanted an Easy Bake Oven from Hasbro – so badly that I would visualize all the baking that I would do if I had one. This want became a need and so became my favorite memory of Christmas. We all have…
3 Comments Read MoreYour Life: Your Message Does your life read like a beautiful story? Each chapter flowing gracefully into the next like ripples on the water, eventually caressing the shore line, or does your life read more like a typhoon, angry and menacing, threatening all who are in the way? Either way, our life…
3 Comments Read MoreWhat do YOU stand for? Some people stand for justice, for families, for education, for freedom, for peace and for equality. Some will even be so brave as to stand for the world. Their calling so deep it touches every area of their life. Their mission and purpose so clear it becomes…
No Comments Read MoreTruth is, sometimes it’s easier to fake it. At times we may even try to disguise that we are faking. But why is that? And at what cost are we willing fake it? From an early age we have been conditioned to fake it to ensure we don’t offend others, or to…
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