Missing My Home
I have spoken about being away recently and as much as I love travel and meeting new people, having new experiences, there is no place like home. I am not certain what it is about my own bed, my own kitchen, my own washer and dryer, but it humbles me to talk about it. When […]
Easter and Passover
It does not matter what holiday you celebrate or how you pray, but being with family and close friends is key to completing any holiday. For us, we have such a spread-out mixed bunch of people with crazy work schedules, but we always manage to make things work. Even when someone is ill, making the […]
Traveling with an Ill Child
I recently returned from a road trip with my hubby and puppy. It was a very long drive from New Jersey to Florida, but we made an event out of it and even enjoyed our hotels on the road. Since we had a little stay in Florida, it was worth having our car and our […]
Loving Travel
Whether you have the money to travel or not, everyone should try to do it at some point of their lives. It can be extravagant, or simple, long or even a day, but everyone should experience it. Do not wait until it is too late and you are ill, unable to go, or even unwilling. […]
Visiting the RMH of South Jersey
Several times a year, I bring different groups of people to cook dinner for the families at the Ronald McDonald House in Southern NJ, and this is one of my favorite things to do with my foundation! We also visit and gift books to the Philadelphia RMH but our hearts are in the Southern NJ […]
Sending Prayers to a Friend
A friend of ours has been struggling with his health for many, many months. Within the past five months, he received a liver transplant and was doing fairly well. However, he has taken a turn recently and needed to have more surgery. Things are not going well for him, and unfortunately everything that could go […]
Mother Nature…continued
I often blog about this, probably because it is utterly fascinating and I can’t stop thinking about the weather and how we have no control over it. I also think about technology–now, our friend–and I often wonder how we managed without it. Back “in the day,” we looked into the sky and saw the storm […]
The Year of You, 2014
At my event two weeks ago, I spoke about the Year of You. I asked the attendees to think about who they were, what they would like to change, and how they would “think out of the box” in order to make that change. I offered ideas for them to ponder on how to feel inspired to help others and how to […]
5th Annual Evening Of Inspiration
What a lovely evening it was on March 8th for the Evening of Inspiration! With the terrible winter we have had in Southern NJ and the back to back snow and ice storms, nothing could have been more exciting than to hold the event in 50 degree springlike weather. The Mays Landing Country Club once again did an […]
My Centerpieces
I feel like a parent bragging about my kids, but I just have to brag on this. Recently, I visited Hammonton High School Culinary Department and watched the students baking and decorating my centerpieces. We used floral centerpieces made out of cupcakes for the event. They were certainly beautiful, and they could either be eaten or taken home […]