The Guardianship Mission “Sunny skies and fair weather today,” reported the Weather Channel app on my iPhone. Indeed, it was a beautiful day with the soft breeze wafting in salt air from the ocean less than...
“Shotgun Bo Rivers” “One Crazy 8 Second Ride” As a child, I could only dream of it. Climbing onto the back of a crazy two thousand pound animal, in the midst of fear and adversity, I had...
Holocaust Revelations Mom kept over sixty years of her private war locked up inside her. Mom is a survivor. On one of my winter visits to NY, Mom and I decided to go through her bedroom closet to...
Twenty Push-Ups There is a modern-day fairytale that begins like this: Once upon a time in the midst of raising children, a lovely lady who had grown a bit complacent was surprised one day when her mate...
Alone, Illegal, and Broken Down A solo motorcycle journey through northern China. It is my first day alone on the road and I am lost. The mountains of northern China beyond Beijing are vast and enormous. There...
Wake up calls come in many forms. For some of us, it can be as simple as magical words uttered by a friend at the right moment. For others, it's a job offer that takes...
Vote for your favorite February "My Gutsy Story" From March 1st until March 14th midnight, PST, you can vote for your favorite February 2012, “My Gutsy Story.” To VOTE, please go to the poll on the right ...
Flying Blind on a Leap of Faith My parents divorced when I was two. My father wasn’t part of my life after that. My half- brother was born when I was ten and my mother and...
Sometimes it takes a Five-year Old One thing to keep in mind: gutsy is relative. I am reserved by nature, I get that from my grandmother, who readily admits it is not necessarily one of the...
A Thank You to the Universe for our Zihuatanejo Connection. The flight was on time as it descended over the basin rim into the desert. Phoenix in mid-April was green golf courses and swimming pools surrounded...