Wishful thinking doesn't make things happen, except in fairy tales and that old Twilight Zone episode, The Man in the Bottle (and that was more of a be-careful-what-you-wish-for cautionary tale). What makes things happen is passion-driven, good, old-fashioned work. I'm... Continue Reading →
Writing a book is hard. Writing a non-fiction book is a different kind of hard. Unlike fiction, you have to do a nonfiction book proposal first. The proposal is basically an outline of your book with sample chapters and a... Continue Reading →
My book is now up for pre-order, and it would mean so much to me if you would pre-order a copy or copies and support me in sharing my story with the hopes of helping others. Be one of the... Continue Reading →
Rise & Thrive. The message on this $10 throw pillow from Target has given me a new mantra to add to my repertoire (I'm alive. It's not as hard as cancer. It's not as painful as radiation). While I will likely... Continue Reading →
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble - Shakespeare's Macbeth There's little toil and no trouble to make an essential oils bubble bath with just a few ingredients that haven't been affected by corona virus. And with... Continue Reading →
I've been thinking for a while now that this current pandemic feels like two years ago when I was fighting cancer. I wondered if I was the only cancer survivor/thriver who felt like this, until I spied an article in... Continue Reading →
What's in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Balcony Scene Two weeks ago, I finished my non-fiction book proposal, something I started after my... Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of attending Young Living Essential Oils Beauty School toward the end of January and initially blogged about the experience in general, with the promise that I would follow up with posts on skin care regimen and... Continue Reading →
Anniversaries have a way of making me check for objects in the side view mirror before turning my focus to straight ahead. I'm a bit late in posting about my oiliversary which was March 16, the day I bought my... Continue Reading →
Oils & Spoils 