Financial Literacy for Children

Financial Literacy for Children

What if you were told that 70% of American children are not literate? You would probably snap back, “That’s not true! Unbelievable!” But it is true if you consider financial literacy. According to experts, as many as 53% or more of American adults are financially...
Counting Our Blessings

Counting Our Blessings

This year seems to have jumped into a jet and disappeared. At times, it is hard to believe we are in the holiday season already and will soon be welcoming in 2025. We’ve survived the election, a faltering economy, and a host of worldwide challenges, including...
Creative Children

Creative Children

“Creativity takes courage.”- Henri Matisse “Dance is for everybody. It’s a way to express yourself, to tell a story.”- Alvin Ailey “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Maya Angelou 5-year-old Sage  participating in an American...
Choose Courage

Choose Courage

If I had to live my life over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would...
Father’s Day 2024

Father’s Day 2024

My world took a nosedive on September 15, 2001, when my dad died. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. I was a daddy’s girl; I look like him and had a mole on my right hand in the same place he had one. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. Psychologist and...