Be Yourself and the Rest Will Follow®

Did you have a nice Easter or, if you're Jewish like me, final weekend observing Passover? All I know is that, by this time each year, I'm dreaming of bagels, waffles and every other carbohydrate I don't usually eat, because I'm desperate for bread after seven days without it. I'm so desperate that, to take my mind off it, I usually start doing some spring cleaning (though I avoid the kitchen!). Well, during this year's spring cleaning, I stumbled upon an old picture of me (teenage me) and my parents with a little girl named Katie … [Read more...]

Tell me, are you giving the world a reason to dance? Kid President wants to know. If you haven't heard of Kid President, he's an amazing 9-year-old child who's described by Wikipedia (and Rainn Wilson of The Office) as an American comedian, motivational speaker and YouTube sensation. What Kid President really is, though, is a child on a mission to change the world. And he thinks we all need a pep talk. To remind us that, "It's everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance."  Now, because I love Kid President so much, I want as many … [Read more...]

As you can probably tell from reading my blog, I love words. Writing them or reading them. I probably get that from my mom, who's usually already on her third book by the time I'm starting my first. She loves to read. A love she probably gets from her late mom (Nana, to me). If Nana wasn't knitting or watching a Brave's game, she was probably reading - something that got harder as she aged and her eyesight declined. With magnifying glass in hand, however, Nana happily continued flipping pages of her next book. Magnifying something can be … [Read more...]