Just a little bit about me (would love to get to know you!)

I am always on a journey. My motto is “why not?”  I measure things I want to do against the yardstick of “when I am 80 years old, I don’t want to be sitting in my rocking chair on my front porch saying, ‘I wish I would have’”.

Like so many others (and maybe even you), I came to a very low point where I looked at my life and did not like what I saw. I decided to make a choice. I chose to get healthy – mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

When asked, I will tell you if I had known how hard the work would be, I might have made a different choice. But, knowing what I know now, I am grateful I kept doing the hard work of the hard work.

My books and other writing come from the lessons and self-discovery on my journey to living my best life. The way I write is the same way I speak  so you feel as if you are having a conversation with a friend. My writing is honest and relatable because I want YOU to know I have been there. I want you to know I am real and not writing from a lot of books and theories. 

By doing the hard work of learning to love myself, discovering my very best friend in the whole wide world and embracing forgiving myself, I lost almost 100lbs, kept it off and am living my best life.

Now, life is one grand adventurous journey from scuba diving to beekeeping. From riding on an elephant in Africa to riding in a hot air balloon in New Mexico. And so much more in between.

My passions, besides my family, are GUTaS International and my heart family in Zimbabwe – especially Mercy, Betty and Itai. GUTaS stands for Get Up, Take a Step. GUTaS is changing lives one step, one stitch at a time.

When my husband and children ask “Why?” I always responds, “Why not?”

“If we have our own why in life, we can get along with almost any how.”

Friedrich Nietzsche