This past Saturday, Luminaira Night, a charitable event which I co-founded 22 years ago, hit a milestone.  We passed the $1,000,000 mark raised for our charity of choice, New Bethany Ministries. It was a thrilling moment, and even though I detest the overuse of this word, it was surreal.  I had the distinct pleasure of…

This week, on the 28th, we will celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary.  We’ll celebrate by spending the week in a perfectly lovely tropical paradise.  It will be the first time since our honeymoon that we have been away together-alone- for a full week!!! Wish us luck. (haha) We are going to celebrate 25 years of…

When I was a young girl, my mother and I would watch the 4:30 movie together after school.  The 4:30 movie came on right after Merv Griffin, and it ran until the 6:00pm news.  I loved these movies and the time spent with my mom on the couch.  Some of the movies we watched and…

Everyone who is old enough to remember 9/11 has a 9/11 story.  Mine is about this guy, my husband, Mark and what he did for me after that day.  Mark and I were in Las Vegas, I had tagged along on an important business trip.  We left our kids with my mom and dad (…

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