Ok, so there’s something afoot amongst my friends this week, or so it would seem. I got this video in an email from two different friends today. If you’re old enough to like (and get nostalgic over) Billy Joel, you’ll like this video. This is not one of my favorite Billy Joel songs, but hey – you can’t pass up any Billy when it’s...

A special thank you to my friend, Tracy, for sending me this inspiring true story. Watch this video. So many of you are Johnnies for me and you don’t even know it. Thank you.

I was doing good, even in the face of being divinely inspired/distracted, until I caught this damned bug that’s been going around. Friday night, I felt like reconstituted dog shit. I had a fever, a head full of snot, a rattly chest and aches from head to toe. So, I went to bed as soon as I delivered Prima Donna Daughter to her father’s for the weekend....

I don’t know about where you live, but we here in Tulsa have been having the craziest mix of weather I’ve seen in awhile. Example: Yesterday we topped out at 62 with lots of sunshine and pretty strong winds out of the south. Then, at about 6pm, a cold front pushed through, the temp dropped 20 degrees, and now this morning, it’s 28. This is the third...

P.S. I forgot to say Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope you’re spending at least part of the day with people you love who love you back. I am – I’m with my kids.

REMEMBING THREE SIMPLE TESTS COULD BE A LIFE SAVER !! Is It a Stroke? Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say any bystander can recognize a stroke asking three simple...

A close friend called today, asked in a somber tone if I ‘had a minute’ (which should have been my clue) and proceeded to call me on the carpet for a mix of valid and invalid infractions. Oy. Two hours later, we were back on the same page and wavelength again, thankfully. Interestingly, I learned a few things about myself in the process. For starters, I...

I am very blessed to have my very own Ya Ya Sisters. And yes, we even call ourselves that, inspired by the movie. Though we haven’t known each other since childhood like the women in the movie, sometimes it seems like we have. We range in age from mid-20′s to mid-40′s and live in three different timezones, so getting together is done by phone....

My desks qualify as ‘heavy’, I can testify. I’ve pushed, shoved and carried both the metal office desk in the foreground and that beautiful, cherry wall unit (which breaks down into 6 pieces, each of which are heavy on their own.) In May of 2006, my house burned. It started in the laundry room which is behind that wall, and the only reason I still...

It doesn’t take long for me these days to get a belly full of being taken advantage of, manipulated or used. I spent so many years offering my dignity up on a silver platter in exchange for the unattainable (the love and respect of someone who couldn’t love or respect himself) that if the situation even starts to look lopsided, I call,...