I can’t believe it’s been a year already. One year since my mom said her last words, took her last breath. One year since I held her hand as I told her how much I loved her. One year since I told her how lucky I was to have her as my mom. It’s been…
“I bet this hurts your business,” someone said to me after the Brussels attack last week. And I responded with, “You’re more likely to be killed in a car accident than you are to be killed in a terrorist attack.” It’s true. So, the question then, “Is it safe to travel to Europe?” And…
Happy International Women’s Day! I always love to celebrate this day, although I celebrate the women in my life every day. But, International Women’s Day makes me stop and think. I think about how much I have as an American woman. How many opportunities I have. All the freedoms I have (and hope to keep). All…
Today I’m officially 50. Wow! That sounds so weird…Fifty. Half a century. Yikes! The thing is, I thought I’d be freaking out about this. But, I’m not. I’m sad that my mom isn’t here to celebrate with me. To say, “Happy Birthday, Sweet Pea!” To tell me I might be 50, but I’m still…
Travel karma. Yup. It’s real. Like regular ol’ karma, it can be a good thing or it can come back and bite you in the ass. The first time I traveled overseas I didn’t know I was experiencing travel karma. But, it turns out, I was. I was in Spain – a little town…
Someone in a business group I belong to came up with the idea of having a word for the year. A word to motivate him – his theme for the new year. His word is “growth”. This word is, as he explained, for both business and personal aspects of his life. He challenged the rest…