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Have you ever had one of those moments in life where you wake up and say, “I just can’t do this anymore”? Maybe it’s a relationship that just isn’t working. Or maybe it’s work that isn’t working. That’s what happened to me. 26 years, 8 months and 11 days after the first time I ever walked in to the WESH-TV studios in Orlando, I walked out. I kept thinking I must be nuts. After...

I want to call attention to the Red Hat Society. It is great for the over 50 woman that enjoys socializing and having fun. I didn't realize that a lot of women had never heard of the Red Hat Society until I joined our local Mayberry Madhatters. When I would mention I was a member and how much fun it was, I discovered that some had never heard of it. The Red Hat Society began as a result of a...

Call me old fashioned… or call me an anal English major… that thinks the world is severely...

Once again the strange and mysterious has come back to haunt me.Yesterday morning I was getting ready for work about to brush my teeth when I heard something running. I couldn't put my finger on what it was so I went out to investigate the noise. It almost sounded like water running. My hubby had gone fishing that afternoon so I was thinking he hadn't turned the water off after rinsing the salt...

As the old saying goes…"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." A great philosophy for hindsight, and good for a chuckle at parties. In my case however, these words became all too true when I was first diagnosed at the age of 57 with Prostate Cancer. We had to decide on a treatment fast or face the consequences. The procedure of choice was 8 solid...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

Several months ago, I had x-rays done on my lungs. When I went to the counter to pay, there was a sign on the wall that said something like this, if my memory is correct: NO CAROTIDS I think it meant that they either weren't a facility that provided the test or it wasn't covered by health insurance. Always maintaining a certain wit and good humor, I quipped, "No karotids?" only, I...

You can hardly turn around lately without bumping into somebody from out of town, who has scurried in town to give a commencement speech. Last Sunday, Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense congratulated and challenged the new graduates of Morehouse College. At the same time Gates was speaking, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice did the same at Spelman. A week earlier, Stephen Chu, U.S. Energy...