A couple of weeks ago as I was running late to the movies with my grandkids, I turned too soon while pulling out of the garage. It's a bit of a science with 3 cars and a slanted driveway and I do it every day but that day I was scattered and I could NOT figure out what the beeping sound was for. Well, it was telling me I was too close to the side which caused the collision with the wall. I swore in front of my grandkids, and apologized later, and I knew this was not that b

"Great theater is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire." William DeFoe I love live theater! It's probably my favorite thing to do! I enjoy all theater from community theater to a professional production. I love it for many different reasons. I love it because it's something Randy and I did together a lot and we made a lot of weekend trips alone or with friends and family to see plays in Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Franc

So about a year and a half ago I posted the following on my Facebook and asked for responses. I got a lot so I figured I would have some readers. It's taken me this long to get anything up and going. First let me say as a disclaimer that I tried to do this blog on my own and I AM NOT tech savvy! Yes, it's a blog format but trust me, they still don't make it easy. I knew my daughter could do it faster but I didn't want to depend on her so I figured I had to learn how to d

I think empathy is harder than we realize. When people are so different from us (ethnicity, religion, political party, sexual orientation, social class, etc.) I think we often are not able to feel empathy for them. In the last year I have had family and friends vehemently oppose or challenge me because they did not agree with me or understand my empathy to the point of saying “they deserved what they got” and “they shouldn’t be here” all because someone was born under differe

Today I drove home from Tulare to St. George in 7 hours, record time for me. I didn't stop once; not for food, for gas, to use the restroom or to stretch my legs. I didn't want to stop, it's almost like I couldn't. I didn't want to leave Tulare but I couldn't wait to be home. It's so hard to leave behind the family and friends I love so much. This week I had two funerals, a wedding, and some time supporting a family member at the hospital. I think I felt every feeling possibl

I'm at the stage of life where I’m losing friends. Like I’m losing them permanently. Some have been expected after a long illness and some have died suddenly. They have all been way too young to leave this earth. But never have I been so shocked about losing someone as I was with this guy. When I read the text from a mutual friend I literally felt like I was going to throw up. I felt like someone gut punched me. I’m sure it’s happened to many others. My reaction was I cried b

When we were in Santa Maria after the holidays with two of my kids and my extended family my youngest (great) niece, Dezi, and her boyfriend, Ethan, went to Solvang twice and really enjoyed it. She brought back little figurines for everyone. Some were windmills but I got this darling one of a couple kissing. Two things. My parents loved Solvang and went quite often. My mom has Danish ancestry so she really loved it. They didn’t get to travel much but they loved their trips to