The Best Things in Life
October 31, 2022
The Best Things in Life I recently spent a week with my family enjoying the beach one last time for the season, taking advantage of the mild fall temperatures. The group included 3 of my 4 adult children (one son stayed behind with his newborn son), their spouses, and their 6 children, all 5 years old and under. The best way to describe it would be controlled chaos. Learn More
Be Proud of Your Pearls
September 27, 2022
I had the amazing privilege of hosting a women’s G.R.I.T. conference this week through the Chamber. The acronym G.R.I.T. standing for guts, resilience, initiative, and tenacity. Little did we know when we chose that theme in 2020, not long before the pandemic arrived in the United States, just how prophetic that theme would turn out to be. None of us realized just how deep we would soon have to dig to find the courage to develop these much-needed traits. Learn More
Don't Sweat It!
August 22, 2022
We have entered the dog days of summer. Those days when your makeup melts off before you even make it out of the bathroom. When you step outside and understand how it must feel to endure the purification process inside a traditional Mexican sweat lodge. Learn More
Sometimes it is Hard to See What is Right in Front of You!
August 22, 2022
Have you ever had the chance to see your community through a visitor’s perspective? I recently had such an opportunity, and the experience was quite eye opening. I was assisting on tours showing perspective transplants what our area had to offer. At the end of each tour, I asked the group to tell me what they saw as the pros and cons of our area. I am pleased to report that there were zero cons! Now on to the pros. Learn More
