What to say and do to help someone you know who’s lost a loved one. — If you’re like me, you’ve known grief. You’ve most likely lost several people in your life that you loved and cared about. Some happened when I was a little girl: I lost one uncle when I was 10, then another uncle at 21. I’m 43 now, and in the past…

A poem to Dr. King, Dr. Angelou, Mr. Obama and Mom — Dear Dr. Martin Luther King, Can you believe what’s going on in our country today? Can you believe we’re dealing with racism this way? Can you believe people are targeted because of their skin, For no other reason except racist intimidation? - Can you believe black people are still killed…

An empath’s view of healing heartache on top of handling hardships. — Is it just me, or does it seem since the pandemic started, our family and friends have all experienced more death than we can recall under “normal” life within this stressful two month period? It’s been a tough two months! I’m not even talking about the hundreds of thousands who…

Give yourself credit for surviving all you’ve been through so far. It will help you through these current, hard times. — These are unprecedented times we are currently living in. We are stressed, depressed, anxious, and worried about the state of the world. We are all confined to our homes, obsessively watching the news, wondering if and when someone we know will get sick or perhaps even die from this invisible…

Let’s look back a few months ago; it was the turn of the decade, New Year’s Eve 2020. We were all thinking about how this year is going to be our year! Meme’s and GIF’s galore adorned social media of how great 2020 was going to be. …

Staying positive is so hard right now, but that’s even more reason to do so! I have always felt of myself as an optimist. I’ve been through some very hard times in my life, things you can’t even make up, have had many bumps and bruises, but have remained positive, optimistic and resilient through it all. But these last nine days are trying to break…

How less than 7 days changed our world as we know it… what’s next? — What a world we are living in. We are now all sitting at home, hopefully still with a job, and practicing social distancing. Keeping our kids and elderly relatives home, so we can survive this new viral attacker on our world. Flashback to six days ago…it’s unbelievable how much has…

My advice to what I have learned from working from home for the past 1.5 years. My background is interior design, hospitality management, and most recently the fintech startup admin world. What do all of those career paths have in common? …

How an assignment in 8th grade affected the rest of my life! — I feel I had a pretty great childhood. I was the daughter of a general contractor and a retail manager. I was the second child of four kids. I was born in Colorado, where I lived in incredible Breckenridge until I was six, then we moved to Tampa, Florida. …