It's taken me many years to figure out that I can take charge of things myself. Perhaps being a "mostly" stay-at-home mom when my kids were growing up, made me believe that others knew way more about how to --------- (you fill in the blank) than I did. Seven years ago, I decided to write my memoir, and throughout the years, I've Continue Reading
“My Gutsy Story®” Dixie Diamanti
Breaking the Silence In horror, I stared at my 11-year-old daughter as she, with tears running down her rosy cheeks, recounted the times and places my own father had molested her. I was torn from my place of denial with a vengeance that knew no mercy. A war waged inside of me. The little girl in me, who never faced her own issues, and being Continue Reading
“My Gutsy Story®” Mary Hamer
"Breaking out of the Library" This is a story of escape—though a slow release from sucking mud rather than a daredevil exit down castle walls on a rope. How I released my imagination, that’s the story. It began the day I was returning from a sabbatical to the college where I’d been teaching for ten years. As I looked round the familiar Continue Reading
Winner of the May 2013 “My Gutsy Story®”
Congratulations to Carol Bodensteiner, winner of the May 2013, “My Gutsy Story®.” She wrote an inspiring story about giving up her career and following her passion. I love her phrase: “It’s more important to be satisfied than to be successful.” In 2nd Place, we have the wonderful “My Gutsy Story®” of Jason Matthews. Another motivating Continue Reading
Why do Americans Work so Hard?
Thanks to Stephanie Yoder's post, "Is the American Dream Holding You Back?" I discovered an article which explains everything I've been meaning to put into words, but haven't. Stephanie is a young woman who travels all over the world and blogs about her travels and one question she gets asked all the time is, "Why American’s don’t travel?" Continue Reading