Okay, I confess. I’m afraid of loading a horse on a trailer. I fear that my high-spirited, eleven hundred pound equine will freak out, squish me into the side panel breaking all my ribs, and generally mangling me to a bloody pulp. Of course, two weeks ago, there was no one within a fifteen-mile radius […]

I remember after Patrick died, I pulled into a parking garage, and the very nice lady at the kiosk handed me a ticket, offered her condolences, and shared sadly,  “I lost my daughter in a car accident.” I’m so sorry. When did you lose her? “Fourteen years ago,” adding solemnly, “You never forget.” She’s not […]

Seems everywhere I turn, there’s more info on “clearing your clutter!” Magazines, TV shows, and even Oprah’s website regularly feature articles on it. And I just received yet another book on clearing clutter, and like a hungry person, I dove right into reading about clearing out the clothes in my closet. (Yes, it’s true. I […]

    It’s been awhile since I’ve written a blog, and wanted to write one before the end of the year, but . . .what to write about? Of course we’re smack-dab in the middle of the Holidays, and… What can I say? Someone wrote me and wished me well, knowing that the Holidays can […]

Ah! No gets out alive! You know, one would like to think that missing, hurting, for someone you’ve lost is some kind of “romantic” pining away for that person. But the fact of the matter is – it sucks. And there’s only one way to get through it – you just have to get through it. […]

This past March 17th, I appeared on ABC’s The View to honor Barbara Walters’ retirement, Patrick,  and the two incredible interviews she did with him. It was such a wonderful thing for them to do, and we all shed tears, both those on camera and backstage as we remembered how wonderful he was. But as all too often happens for […]

That sick feeling, the butterfly stomach, the rubbery legs, the diminished mental capacity. What’s my middle name? Uh…? And yes, a feeling of being paralyzed, like some kind of speared fish, floating helplessly after a powerful sedative (wait, could this be what Cupid’s arrow is like?). They say that falling in love is wonderful… A girlfriend recently […]

As I made my way to the stage to speak, carrying a glass of red wine in my hand, one of the women from the lively table next to me perked up, “Oh, good, she’s one of us.” Hah! Little did she know. I was at the Freedom Ball in Waco, TX, a charity event […]

Do I talk a lot about getting my life organized? I feel like I do. But you know what? It feels like I spend most of my waking moments doing just that – getting my life organized. I’d love to make it happen so I can think about other things. Seems that most of my […]