Chasing Unicorns

I’ve been counting down the days or maybe the years to another dreadful anniversary. Some days, like some years, fly by and others drag, pai...

It’s April and it is as hectic as ever. There’s at least one birthday to celebrate each day for the next two weeks and on most days, at leas...

We may have Valentine's Day, but it's become way too commercialized and polluted by cheap chocolate and overpriced flowers.  I'm...

Like most 20-somethings, I used to be “hopeful and idealistic”. At the same time, life taught me to plan ahead. One morning, at 22, I awoke ...

For My Boys, I love you to infinity and beyond Today marks 30 years since my parents packed up their lives into several suitcases and moved ...

Every year has been difficult in its own way. Every year included a milestone, an event or a random Tuesday where I've reached for the ...

As anyone reading my blog probably knows by now, I didn't start my job today, as expected.  The Universe decided to throw another monkey...

At yesterday's inaugural event for JPA 's 2019 cohort, we were asked to introduce ourselves through our children's eyes.  It was...

Sometimes in life you have to get off your high horse in order to find your unicorn; or in my case, fall...face down several times.  One ...

I haven't posted in forever and this is something worth posting :)

The period Yom Kippur is traditionally the days of Awe. It is time to reflect on the past year and to ask forgiveness for our wrongdoings.  ...

Because today is real and there are no more words...

 "A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen." -Edward de Bono This time last year I fin...

I am not sure if I ever wrote about my uncle's alarm and a quick search of my blog didn't result in any posts, but nonetheless, when...

I'm rarely at a loss of inspiration - I was blessed with a mother that inspired me to live each day.  Every day my mom serves as that sa...

Every day is a reminder of something.  Today is a relative's birthday, yesterday was B&Es 4th Birthday, tomorrow is 8 years without ...

A year ago today, I was sitting in a hospital waiting room blogging about Health Reform without having the slightest idea that it was the b...

I've been crying a lot lately.  Random things, randomly bring me to tears.  Today, it was this poem by Анна Ахматова: ПОСЛЕДНИЙ ТОСT ...

This stupid day just kept getting better and better.  I have no more strength and no more tears and with everything going on, I'm ashame...

o I am totally in love with new (not so new) DIESEL ad campaign. I think it's genius, here's a few I've "collected." ...

early morning inspiration . . .

I think there was a SATC episode with the same name, but I'm not trying to plagiarize, just make a point. So what is the ex etiquette? ...

Today is 10 months since mommy is no longer with us and besides all the other craziness in my life now, that is the one that takes precedent...

WorkingGal1 - you know - bad economy shmeconomy...cannot find anything online WorkingGal2 - i need shoes and a dress and work clothes an...

Lately, I've become a big believer in karma and positive energy and the whole "what comes around goes around" business. Yet, ...

Some Favorites on a really, really sad day . . . I miss home, "A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, 'where mother ...

To My Dearest Mommy , This is my first Mother's Day without you and I miss you every minute of every day. There's so much going ...

Came across this on someone's profile and totally love it: "People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what eve...