There are many different reasons why we all write. We choose what we place on the page and send out to the world. I know that I wouldn't normally write to you this frequently, but I have some exciting new to share. I have 20 days to go until Sydney. This may not seem exciting as I said only 5 days ago that there was 25 days to go. But it was almost taken away from me. I almost had to call the whole thing off. This opened my eyes to the truly supportive and kind network of peo

This morning I came inside to have pancakes with the family and we thought that we would watch "The Monster Calls." I had seen a preview and It looked interesting and appropriate to watch with the family. I was not prepared. I know that there was going to be a 12 year old boy and he would lose his mother to illness. But like most movies, I thought that it would be based on how he overcame the death and adapted to the change in his world. *Spoiler alert* This was about the emo

Happy Tears I walked into the chapel taking in the ambience, the groom standing at the altar was resplendent in his suit. The musicians played acoustic guitar and piano, calming the excited chatter of people seeing old friends. I took my seat in the middle of the benched rows with a buzz of anticipation. We had been told which song would be playing when the bride had arrived. Until then the buss continued to grow. The whole crowd stood when the groom started to play his song

I have a plan and if everything works out perfectly then I am on track for smooth sailing. I don't really know if I have set unreasonable goals in the past, but everyday is a new page. The goals that I fell short of yesterday are one step closer today. I may need to do a bit of a jump at the end. When I dream of what I want in five years time I can see that everything is working out in a dream scenario. I have finished writing the Elara Series of books through a publisher and

Helping kids keep track of their own money. When my son turned 13 my husband and I sat down with him and said that he will need to start paying for his phone bill if he wanted to be able to call his friends. He had been able to use our wifi for a couple of years on an old phone we had given him. He was out of the house more often now so we thought that he would gain more understanding of the responsibility involved in having a plan. All of his friends had their own devices th