There Are No Coincidences

There Are No Coincidences

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” I couldn’t go to my friend’s burial last weekend. My beautiful friend Christina passed away a year and a half ago and this past weekend they buried her ashes. I couldn’t be there...
The Olive Dish

The Olive Dish

Do you ever have defining moments in your life? Eye opening, “aha” moments? I had one. And it involved an olive dish. Yes, an olive dish. It was an olive dish that made me realize I’d never be that kind of hostess; the kind of hostess who takes her...
Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.  -Abraham Lincoln   To my friend who has five (5!) amazing kids, Happy Mother’s Day. To my friend who wants a baby more than anything in the world, Happy Mother’s Day. To my friend who is going...
‘Just’ A Half

‘Just’ A Half

“Did she say just a half?” The woman asks her friend, pointing at me. “No! Well yeah… but what I meant was I didn’t do the full marathon, I just did the half,” I tried to explain. As I had gotten on the bus after the BMO Half...
The “Other” People…

The “Other” People…

There are some people who make you think “what good did I do in a former life to deserve you?” They make every day brighter and sunnier and happier. They make you want to be a better you. They make your life so much better just by being in it. And there...