Our relationship with our American Patriotic Holidays is also a relationship with those who served our country and a time to remember and honor their service and their love for all of us. Today I share pages from my book An American Holiday Patchwork about Memorial Day. Never forget to remember...

It goes without saying that there all kinds of love. There’s New Love, Blue Love, Real True Love, and I never loved you love. When you’re looking for romantic love it’s important to realize that Love can be complicated. New Love can turn into Blue Love, Real True Love or I Never Loved You Love...

When will people realize that they can’t just give birth to children, they have to nurture them, teach them and keep them safe. The relationship between a child and their parents from birth shapes the person that they will be from birth to death. Children really do learn what they live.

Are you waiting for that guy that you fell in love with to return? I know what you’re thinking - he’s sitting right there in front of you. But is he the guy you fell in love with; or was that guy just a fraud that disappeared and left you with this guy – a poor carbon copy - a doppelganger?

Some people might think that being a blind optimist is a foolish way to behave. I however, disagree. Hope is fueled by blind optimism and Hope is a powerful driving force in the lives of individuals and in the world. How’s your relationship with HOPE and OPTIMISM?

How’s your Relationship with your rights as an American Woman? Are you OK with women being treated like political game pieces? At these times we need to use the words of a women’s anthem from the sixties. I am woman hear me roar! These mandates are extreme attacks on women's health care rights.