Living Without Regrets In thinking about the post that I just did on the beautiful Jen Smith, one of the things that inspires me most about her is that she is choosing to liver her life withOUT regret. She has consistently found humor in life and laughs often. The finds happiness – Silver Linings – everywhere. Just the… Continue reading Living Without Regrets
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Living with Stage IV Breast Cancer
Living with Stage IV Breast Cancer Recently Lisa Bonchek Adams, an inspiring woman and whom I have featured here on The Silver Pen before interviewed a mutual friend, Jennifer Smith, author of the blog Living Legendary. One thing that these women have in common is that they are both young women living with metastatic, stage… Continue reading Living with Stage IV Breast Cancer
Silver Lining Discovery: Grapefruit and Mint Juice
Grapefruit* and Mint Juice Today, during a rather intense (as in a lot of cardio!) tennis match, a girlfriend gave me a HUGE Silver Lining when she introduced me to Grapefruit and Mint juice. She was telling me that it is her new favorite morning treat and that when she drinks it, she feels amazing! Well, I decided… Continue reading Silver Lining Discovery: Grapefruit and Mint Juice
Living in the Moment
Last weekend, the HOTY, Suddenly Seven and I had the amazing opportunity to hear Jason Mraz in concert. I’m often utterly clueless when it comes to music. Case in point: I know every song from the Rock of Ages movie. Uh huh. I know. You don’t even know the film and if you do, you probably don’t… Continue reading Living in the Moment
Weekend Inspiration
Hope you’ve had a great week. Where has it gone, by the way? My oh my oh my. One minute I’m schvitzing in New York – it was HOTHOTHOT! – and the next minute I’m doing a promotional video for the book and the next minute on another airplane coming home. Coming home has definitely… Continue reading Weekend Inspiration
Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter Thanks to the recommendation of a bibliophile friend, I have just finished Lea Carpenter’s book, Eleven Days. Wow. It’s a great one! The book opens with a middle-class, hard working single mom, named Sara who “is no longer sure what she fills her days with” because her only son,… Continue reading Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Weekend Inspiration
Weekend Inspiration Hope you’ve had a great week. Where has it gone, by the way? My oh my oh my. One minute I’m schvitzing in New York – it was HOTHOTHOT! – and the next minute I’m doing a promotional video for the book and the next minute on another airplane coming home. Coming home… Continue reading Weekend Inspiration
Friday’s Fixin’s: Chilled Cucumber Soup
Chilled Cucumber Soup It seems as though summer is not quite over. When I was in New York this week (doing BOOK things!), it was hot as the dickens. In fact, it felt like a bit of a steam bath, unfortunately. The Silver Lining is that today I get to share Chef Maili’s chilled Cucumber… Continue reading Friday’s Fixin’s: Chilled Cucumber Soup
Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter Thanks to the recommendation of a bibliophile friend, I have just finished Lea Carpenter’s book, Eleven Days. Wow. It’s a great one! The book opens with a middle-class, hard working single mom, named Sara who “is no longer sure what she fills her days with” because her only son, Jason, a 27-year-old elite… Continue reading Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
9/11
9/11. Twelve years ago today. How can something simultaneously feel like it happened yesterday and forever ago? Today, I am on the American Airlines flight from New York to LA. It sure is an eerie feeling to know that so many other people were doing today what I am doing. Talk about chilling. In honor… Continue reading 9/11