I have always loved writing. It started when I wrote my first hit-song titled “I Hate My Mother” back in the late 70’s early 80’s. And by first, I mean only. And by hit, I mean, only in my mind. Then, when I was a bit older (17 to be exact), I started working in the medical field, and eventually, I was writing appeal letters to insurance companies in the event they refused … Continue Reading...

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I am now accepting partner submissions to be included in my annual 2017 holiday gift guide.  You can see my other gift guides and blog posts that I take this time of year seriously.  I will only be including items that my readers will love and appreciate so if you have any of the following items, you are more than welcome to submit them.  I am PR friendly and will be … Continue Reading...

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Worth, it’s something that I have thought a lot about.  I’ve been in business for myself for a very long time.  I started my own celebrity gifting company back in 2006 and had always questioned my worth.  From there I started blogging and again, have questioned my worth.  Now I am not only a blogger but I am also a self-employed virtual assistant, who again, questions my worth.  

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Come on people, you are just not being open-minded here with our dear brother, Kanye.  Oh you know I had to go there!  It’s everywhere on the interweb about how Mr. West is $53 Million dollars in personal debt and was tweeting Mr. Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 Billion dollars into his ideas, because he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time (even if he uses auto-tune most of … Continue Reading...

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Inspiration.  I could say so many things about this word and I could say that each of my children inspire me on a daily basis and that would be true but today I want to just let the thoughts about the word just flow through my fingertips.

I am inspired by the sun.  Sounds cheesy but when I think of the sun, I think of so many possibilities.  The sun is so bright … Continue Reading...

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Hope, I have a lot of that.  You have to in today’s world.  That is all that some of us have left.  I hope for so many things, big and small that sometimes hoping is all I can do to stay sane.  Hope is a powerful tool that we use when we feel helpless. What do you hope for?   

1. That I can get through the day with out having an anxiety attack.  Seems

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Empathy is something that often gets confused with sympathy.  To empathize with someone is to relate to be able to relate to their emotional experiences.  For instance, every single time the State Farm commercial comes on where the guy says he’s never having kids, he’s never moving to the suburbs, he’s never driving that, he’s never letting go… I start to cry.  Like legit tears will come down my cheeks.  I’m probably overly emotional … Continue Reading...

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Determination, you are never around long enough for me to enjoy you.  I’m using weight loss in this post because it’s the only thing that I am 110% focused on right now.  There are so many people that I admire for their determination; determination for their own weight loss, determination for success, determination to do more, to have more, to be more.  I have stopped and started trying to lose weight more times … Continue Reading...

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Compassion.  The full definition as stated by Merriam-Webster is : sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

I don’t know where I’m going with this.  For some reason, this word was definitely challenging for me. 

It is something that we say all the time, “Have some compassion”, or “Show some compassion”, but what does that mean?  I honestly question humanity when it comes to compassion.  Perhaps it’s … Continue Reading...

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