by Carol | Jul 1, 2021 | My Blog
I didn’t do well. Time stopped for us during the heat wave last week as the oven-like temperatures rose higher and higher every day. Minute by minute in my mind! My husband and I couldn’t really think straight because we had only one thing on our minds — behold my own...
by Carol | Oct 8, 2020 | My Blog |
no big deal: Dance class is cancelled this week. BIG DEAL: Seven months without a twirl. In March the mandate for distancing seemed temporary, but that temporary is turning into a growing sense of loss. Little did I know that my biggest passion would slip away. I...
by Carol | May 27, 2020 | My Blog
What I learned by staying at home: I’ve been a spoiled brat most of my life, doing whatever I felt like doing whenever I felt like to doing it. My new habit is to ask myself, “Do I need that?” Do I need it, NOW?” Mostly the answer’s been “No!” and I like this trend!...
by Carol | Nov 27, 2019 | My Blog
I won’t be popular with this thought, but Christmas is celebrated with such fervor that sometimes the season feels more like a job to me instead of the pleasure it’s supposed to be. The pressure to “celebrate” comes from the assault early on of goodies, lights, music,...
by Carol | Nov 27, 2018 | My Blog |
Numbers don’t lie. But in case they do, I double checked. My book, Emerging from the Heartache of Loss, has now sold 10,134 copies. Now this 10,000 milestone won’t rock the publishing world, but it’s rocking mine. To think that I had a part in helping 10,000 hearts to...
by Carol | Feb 1, 2017 | My Blog
“It won’t always be this way. You won’t always feel like this.” These simple words begin my book about getting through a major loss. But these words were not mine. They were given to me by a dear friend who was in the trenches everyday, counseling men and women who...
