Your New Life at the Beach Begins Here.

Me at 18. I had no idea where life would take me. This week, I'm heading north for my 40th high school reunion. Forty years. I'm not entirely sure how that happened. 😂 I'll be seeing people who knew me when I was 18 years old—before careers, marriages, children, grandchildren, successes, failures, moves, losses, reinventions and all the other things that somehow become a life. And it got me thinking. What would my 18-year-old self think if she could see my life today? I'm pr

I recently met a new friend who is in her 60s. She has back pain. She wears compression stockings. She walks with a limp because of the pain. But she goes CAMPING! I am so inspired by her zest for life and the fact that she doesn't let physical setbacks keep her from enjoying everything life still has to offer. And I really hope I get to go camping with her someday! When she first told me she camps, I pictured a big RV, towing equipment and all the work that goes along with s

It was a long road to getting this book published. There were countless meetings—some even in different states. I burned up my computer loading the PDF and had to buy a new one. I waited on covers and edits, and eventually ended up doing many of the edits myself. And then, finally, it was done. There was definitely relief. But there was a little sadness, too. Because sometimes you work so hard toward something that you start thinking of it as the destination. Then you arrive