Happy New Year!! 2018…a new year, a new beginning, a new opportunity to change. New Year’s resolutions are a tradition that dates all the way back to the Romans and the Babylonians. They each started the year by making promises to their Gods. In other cultures, people use this time to look back and reflect over the year, a chance to offer and seek forgiveness. Every year millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Many find the inspiration to start re-evaluating their life choices, and they take the opportunity to make the desired changes as their New Year’s resolution. Some…

Tis the Season to be merry…a season of goodwill and cheer. Tis the season where we think of others’ needs and wants more than our own. We spend so much time and energy on making things happen for our family and friends. We bake endless goodies, and we travel near and far. We shop till we drop because naughty or nice doesn’t stop us from getting that one last gift on the list. We call it the season of cheer yet we stress and exhaust ourselves more than we can handle at times, just to make sure our loved ones…

This past weekend I was asked to speak at an event in Richmond, Virginia. After our flight, my husband and I had some time to kill in Washington D.C. so I decided to take him to one of my favorite places, the U.S. Capitol. I absolutely love everything about this building and consider it to be one of my happy places. Despite the 36 degree weather and it snowing, I was determined to go. With each step we took closer to the building, my excitement grew beyond containment. As we safely made it up the first set of stairs, a…