Drawing the Line at Reading Between the Lines

On August 21, 2017   /   Life As We Know It  
Drawing the Line at Reading Between the Lines

As a child growing in the South in the 1960s, there were things I saw on television or heard adults discuss that scared me.  These included: the Klu Klux Klan, Nazis, Communists, kooks with nukes, the Wicked Witch of the West and her rabid flying monkeys, rabies carrying bats who could infect my dog, Bouffant, and the mean dog catchers who could steal her away from me. My mother told me if I misbehaved she’d send me back to Sears & Roebuck for another model.  I used to thumb through the Sears catalog looking for mail order kids like me. She admonished me for voting for Barry

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GTOMC- Who Will Remember When I Am Gone?

On June 8, 2015   /   Life As We Know It  

Last night watching the Tony Awards on television the “memorial section” came up flashing all the photos of those in the theater who passed on in the last year. I turned to my husband and asked, “Who will remember me when I am gone?” I don’t mean to be maudlin but June 8 would have been my father’s 85th birthday and Father’s Day is around the corner. I remember my father this week for his wise and helpful guidance through my business, his devotion to my mother and me, his loyalty to country and community and for his tenderness when I needed a shoulder

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Living Life-and Death-On Your terms

On October 11, 2014   /   Life As We Know It  

I write and talk frequently about how to live life on your terms- how to make the most of the days you have and enjoy what you do with purpose and passion. But have you ever thought about the right to die on your terms? I’m not talking about accidental deaths or wrongful deaths. I am referring to rightful deaths- the right to die on your terms if you face a truly life-threatening, life ending disease. Most of us thankfully don’t need to think about it, but if you had the option, how would you choose and would you make

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