Join Sue as she launches her latest book: MAGNIFICENT MISERY – From Adversity to Ecstasy Prepare to Stay up Late Reading! Sue’s near-death experience in 2007, followed by cancer in 2011 and 2012 provided her biggest learning and has led her to her greatest gifts. Her story belongs to everyone who has ever faced adversity and […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Originally printed in Covenant Health Grey Nuns Community Hospital – Women’s Wellness Program Newsletter – Fall 2014-Reprinted with Permission For my own good, I was taught at a very early age that I was not to brag about myself or take too much pride in my talents or achievements. That way, I wouldn’t be tempted […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...When I was 10, I watched a movie that helped transform me from a sad and sullen child into one who viewed the world in a more positive light. That movie was simply titled, “Pollyanna”. Originally a children’s novel written by Eleanor H. Porter in 1913, it became a beloved classic. Pollyanna was an orphan […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Are you one of the lucky ones when it comes to relationships? Early on, you found that one special person and are living “happily ever after”. I have not been one of those “lucky” ones. I pretty much knew that my first love (I married at the tender age of 18) was likely not the […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Photo from onlinedatingblog.co Just as I’ve never held the same job for 25 years, I’ve never been married for that long either – at least to the same man. With three longer term relationships under my belt and the experience of several flings over my lifetime, I’m qualified to put SE (Serial Ex) behind my […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...“I’ve led such a little life. I have allowed myself to lead this little life, when inside me there is so much more.” From the movie, Shirley Valentine, the heroine is 42 when she realizes that her spunky, risk-taking, outrageous self of her youth has disappeared amidst the layers of a “normal” life. Just like […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Did you fall hook, line and sinker, like I did, for the Hollywood version of the way life should turn out only to discover that your life is not actually as advertised? The disappointment and even betrayal that we feel when we see others living the dream in contrast to the way we are currently […]
Photo from: zazzle.co.uk I confess, I ‘m a closet control freak. One day I might come out of the closet – that’s if I can find my way through all the stuff in there. (I said I was a control freak, not a neat freak!) As a child, I really wanted to control my world. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Dumbfounded, I wasn’t sure what to do next. I’d put my coins in the vending machine and pressed B 0 – nothing happened. I pressed those buttons again. Nothing! Then I noticed the LED readout: “Make another choice.” I couldn’t see another choice for the chips I wanted. All I could see was the package […]
http://altfg.com “If you can’t be bothered with me any other time of the year, don’t bother coming round or buying me flowers on Mother’s Day!” C’mon, Moms. I bet there isn’t one of you out there who hasn’t felt this at least once, even if you never said it right out loud. Mother’s Day […]
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