Quote of the week: As a child, I dreamed of castles and kings, a magical future that would sweep me away to my happily ever after, but life can smother childhood dreams. I hid in the shadows, battered by the bully I saw in the mirror, and wrapped my life...
When Breaking Bad Is Good No oneintentionally searches for bad or hurtful situations, but forsome,relationships can slip into a constant spin cycle ofrinse and repeat. When people actually attract bad-boys,evil-divas, orself-absorbed jerks, it’s time to take a...
Remembering 9/11/2001 ~ The Day The WorldFell Silent 8:46 a.m. … amorning I awoke like any other day, turned on my computer, checked my email then, preparing breakfast for my family, I routinely switched on the news to see––aworld in shock....
New York Times Best Selling Author, HAYWOOD SMITH The Secrets We Keep From Ourselves When I was forty and run out of the real estate business because of the S&L crisis, I called my friend Carolyn and wailed, “What can I do? I have no college degree, so I...
Did you know that Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia’s famous man-made lake, is deeper than the Statue of Liberty is tall. The depth at Buford Dam is 211 feet. The lake tookfive years to reach full pool submerging entire towns,homes, bridges, old county roads, and...
Christmas . . . already? Where did the year go? How will I ever get everything done in time? When I scratch something off from the top of my list, several more appear at the bottom.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1bWH1_3L4[/youtube] But I don’t...
I am not a perfect friend. With the best intentions, I still forget birthdays, lag with email returns, fall short on connecting through social media. I’m not a coddler or a social butterfly, but I’m there in a heartbeat when a friend needs me....
Dear Rachel, I look forward to your marriage and lovingly pass this advice to you. Ask not for perfection in your mate. You will not find it, and it’s just as well. Living with a saint can be very tiresome. Let your love be stronger than your hate or...
Lake Lanier, GA is the setting for my new time travel romance, Beneath The Lake. Linda Joyce tagged me to play The 7-7-7- Game. Please check out her blog and read her seven lines of Bayou Born, the first novel in her Fleur de Lis series which will make...
Have you ever dreamed about what your life would have been like if you had only changed just one big decision? Just think about it. What if you had a do-over — got that one chance to go back in time and take the other fork in the road — the one that could have...
