Modern Gurl

Appreciation is something often forgotten in the hustle and bustle of our crazy and hectic lives. Yet, it's so simple... Just "thankful recognition" or "gratitude" for what someone has done for you, or even for things around you in your daily life...past, present and future. This week I had the opportunity to learn some personal lessons and reminders in appreciation. I spent this week with my mom at a convention. She has previously nasty battle with uterine cancer last year. We share so much in common, and although we talk to each other every single day, I can not tell you how much, how important it is to spend time together. During the week I realized there are so many things we can learn about each other by being together. I learned a lot about my history and legacy by watching her re-visit her history in visiting her college after 38 years, hearing stories and lessons in life. She learned that I really do have an evil alter ego (especially when hormonal)...

Modern Gurls, Ok, at the minimum, most of us modern gurls have heard of "going green" and we probably recycle at home and are all about saving our planet... but lately I've learned that that isn't enough. I'm just going to put myself out there and say that I never even thought about my "waste footprint" (amount of waste I create in a period of time) until I started reading and watching more on tv about "going green." I mean geez, I was always the one that hated when people littered in elementary school. Since so many of us have been touched by someone with cancer, which is clearly partially enviromental. We have all been affected by the gas prices, and let's face it, you can't help but hear a report every day about the North Pole melting... I just took it upon myself to learn more. I'm reading a book called "It's Easy Being Green." Here are some things that I've learned recently that have propelled me into action:...

Modern Gurls, So, we all have "friends" right? There's no one cookie-cutter model for friends. Like the old Girl Scout song says "Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold." Over the years I've learned lessons in friendship and learned ultimately at some point you can't take on new true friends because you just can't be everything to every body all the time. Therefore, from time to time we have to re-evaluate our friendships, and the definition of "true friend" changes as we grow. I've been thinking about this over the last month actually, especially with a key milestone birthday passing. I truly cherish girl times: running to the mall, doing lunch, brunch, traveling, talking on the phone, or just going over to their house to talk trash and drink wine, tea, soda, whatever! Women have a unique and special relationship that men can not say they have with us or each other... I mean, for goodness sake we go ...