Someday is not a strategy. Think about it. When contemplating something we long to do or experience, writing off a dream with “someday” is a cop out on ourselves. The only intention behind “someday” is procrastination or outright avoidance. When an extraordinary friend and mentor first uttered these five life-changing words to me last year, I absorbed them into my very bloodstream. After that conversation… read more
As a girl who is quite fond of the finer things in life, I've come to realize that the most valuable possession of all is something that can't be easily procured. In fact, it often seems elusive. It is the most precious of all commodities, time. When we give the gift of time, whether a few minutes or a few hours, we make a bold… read more
I recently had coffee with a successful author in town, introduced by a mutual friend who thought this witty lawyer-turned-writer might be helpful to me as I'm gaining my sea legs as a blogger. It caught me completely off guard when she, herself a mother of two, asked, "What does your mother think of your writing?" Rarely at a loss for words, the tears that… read more
