THERE WAS A TIME they couldn’t speak, only smile, cry and maybe make a babbling sound or two. Though we couldn’t have a conversation, they could do one thing like no one else in the world, speak right to my…

“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain This is one that made me stop and say, “wow”. I’ve read a number of books…

EVEN NOW AS I reflect back on our appointment at Little Vinnie’s Tattoo Shop, it is hard not to get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. From cancer diagnosis, to mastectomy, to reconstruction, to revisions, to…

A FRIEND OF mine, Pete Kohlasch, discovered the following quote: “The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love and something to look forward to. Think about it. If we have useful work, sustaining relationships and the…

Two Days. Two Breasts. Two Nipples. It Takes 2. On September 4th, two days from now, Debbie and I return to Little Vinnie’s Tattoo Shop in Finksburg, MD with another shot at a piece of redemption. http://www.vice.com/read/breast-cancer-survivors-find-the-michelangelo-of-nipple-tattoos Back in March…

IF water is life’s sweet nectar, then coffee is the golden juice. Take a sip, life is good. In fact, its so good sometimes it’s hard to wait. You walk by the coffee pot, (or at our house the Keurig),…

I hadn’t given it a lot of thought, until I was called out on it. Maybe you do it, though I doubt it, because I see plenty of people NOt doing it. I realized I was not alone. But that…

Today this blog is going to subscribe to the 80/20 rule, only 20% is coming from me, the other 80% I’m going to link you to someone else… and I promise you it will be worth it. The picture above…

THERE’S NO TIME like the present because time waits for no one. So begin. It’s the easiest thing to do, and the most difficult at the same time. There is something you want to accomplish, some goal you want to…

Sometimes the lessons of life are just that simple. When my oldest daughter Sophie came home from Emma Kaufmann Camp a few days ago, she returned armed with some life lessons and a new outlook on how she wanted to…