Originally submitted November 23, 2024 – By Michele Due to some technical issues (translation, I’m learning how to navigate WordPress and its quirks), I will be resubmitting this post as well as “This is No Joke”. Somehow when I posted them, they were only accessible to current subscribers. The purpose of this website is to encourage the reader, regardless if you are…

The holidays are here, and with them come get-togethers with friends and family, gifts, Christmas performances, festive parades, and possibly even a surprise marriage proposal to round out the year.   But there is a flip side to all of that, as anyone who has lived long enough has experienced.  Heartache, tears, and grief blanket and silence the once welcome…

Mission Accomplished.  Those words rang in my heart as I started a lengthy project at work.  It struck me as funny at first because I am in the infancy stage of this endeavor.  But it also made me smile as I was instantly reminded that the purpose of starting was to complete it – and then the words would be accurate. …