If You Steal My Sunshine — Excerpt from And Then it Rained: Lessons for Life

I know it's up for me, if you steal my sunshine. -- Len Anxiously awaiting next Saturday?? I know I am! In the meantime, here's a little preview to hold you over :). ~~~ I rehashed the conversation on my ride home.  Was there anything I could say to help?  Should I tell her she's …

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The rewards of perseverance (to the tune of Canon in D)

The race goes not always to the swift, but to those who keep running."  -- Author Unknown It all started with George Winston. My parents never pushed me into piano lessons.  Really, they never pushed me into anything, which I appreciated.  They encouraged my sisters and me to pick activities that we liked, but they …

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Prettiest College Campuses – My Top Ten

Something, something about this place."  -- Lady Gaga In case you haven't figured it out yet, I love college campuses.  LOVE them.  I could spend all day, every day exploring them.  There's just something about the design, the buildings, the landscaping, that is so unique, setting each one apart from the rest. In the past …

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Pumpkin Candy

Our lives remain In these small hours These little wonders, These twists & turns of fate Time falls away But these small hours, These small hours still remain" - Rob Thomas, Little Wonders Can good experiences with someone outweigh the bad?  It's a question I've struggled with at many times over the past ten years, …

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