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1. Go to three different grocery stores and purchase the specials and sale items at each store. Use a coupon and double that savings. This strategy brings almost double the amount of groceries for the money. The pantry will always be stocked. 2. Watch for savings at various drugstores. Take CVS for example, often there…

I walk towards the grocery store. I stop and hug my friend, “Cookie.” She is always helping others and today she is collecting food for those in need this Thanksgiving. I make my rounds through the store and stop to drop off groceries with her as I exit. A while later I receive this text,…

I talk to people about divorce all the time. I joke that I am the ‘Divorce Whisperer.’ I know many secrets and I keep them all. I share the other stuff. The things that people give me permission to or the universal truths. So many people that I meet tell me that they lost themselves…

I punch at the computer keys. Tears find their way down my cheeks. I dab at them while my chocolate Labrador Hazel snuggles closer to my feet. I find myself chuckling. In between the tears, that is. After all, I am editing my own work. Am I that good a writer that I move my…

Some time ago, I sat with a group of friends. One of the women was going through a divorce and her husband was playing games and behaving badly. He was also charming and handsome and still welcomed by many. My friend sat exasperated when someone mentioned that they had been somewhere with him the past…

Overly caring people put up with behavior that most people would walk away from. We know this. They give people not just one chance, but rather a million chances. Here’s the thing. When the overly caring person forgives the first bit of bad behavior, those around them recognize reality. However, once the overly caring person…

I was nineteen when I met my husband. One night while we were walking the streets of Scranton, Pennsylvania, I made an announcement. I told him that if he was serous about me that he needed to know I was serious about one thing – and if he ever brought that one thing into our…

I often know what I am going to write my column about on a particular day, but then something shifts and changes my mind. I drive down the road with the radio blaring. The words from the song catch me. I have never heard it before, but it does what truly great songs and writing…

In the fall just before school would start at St. Luke’s Elementary School, my mom would take me shopping. Shoe shopping that is. The only kinda apparel shopping Catholic school kids are gifted with. The big decision each year???? Saddle shoes or Mary Janes? My mom loved it. She adored the uniform life. Me, not…

My hand reaches for the snooze button on my iPhone. I toss and turn a bit not quite ready to start my day. I realize as I wake up this morning that something is different in my life. Like I have cut loose the 500 pound boulder that has been dragging behind me. At first…
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