25 Things To Accomplish or Learn in the Second Half of My Twenties

It's here... I am now officially 25 and this is crazy. A quarter of a century. The last year in France where I can go to museums for free. Considered part of the "young group" when buying tickets (and get those nice student discounts). I need to stop writing because I am starting to freak …

Paris Blues and Twenty Years

Hello my dear friends and followers. As you can tell, I have been away from the office for a while. Let's just say that the past two weeks (ever since I posted Hard Decisions), my life has seemed to be on a never ending, looped roller-coaster (and I am typically a fan of real roller-coasters). …

If We Were Having Coffee (Late Edition)

I apologize for not being able to write this on time for Thursday (my original day in posting these)! If we were having coffee... I would say that Paris is driving me crazy. I have realized that I am not the only one it has done that to. I wonder if it is the rush …

Dear Mom

Ode to my Mother To my beautiful mother,  Who has seen much pain and sorrow.  I know of of no other Who fought hard to see another tomorrow.  To my beautiful mother,  Who taught herself to walk again And soon altogether She learned how to smile again.  To my beautiful mother,  Who raised me so …