Miracles

The question raised: do you believe in miracles? My answer: yes. A simple yes. I do believe in miracles. That belief is reinforced in so many ways, at so many […]

The Beginnings of Wanderlust

I didn’t travel as a child. My world extended only as far as my aunts’ houses It was my Aunt Ev, my father’s younger sister, who first took me somewhere […]

Sponsorship

If you pay attention to television programming or major cultural events, you will almost always hear or see the word sponsor in their promotions, acknowledgements or closing credits. The sponsor […]

A Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self

Dear Maureen—though some call you Mo, I am about to be sixty years older than the girl you are now. I remember turning 18. You are soon to graduate from […]

Women Who Run Things

I love going into stores owned and managed by women. I feel a kindred spirit, though I have never worked retail. There are two in our town that are my […]

There are No Words

My husband and I checked a spot off our ‘bucket list’ this summer, a trip to the Canadian Rockies. It was a different type of vacation for us, five cities […]