In the Beginning

Although I'm not 'professionally trained' to handle crises, life hands us many opportunities to learn how and I'm no exception. The hardest part has been to manage personal challenges without losing my sense of humor and without losing sight of how the issues I was dealing with fit into the big picture of society, the economy, politics, etc.

As a divorced/single working parent, I didn't have a lot of time to reflect, only to get things done -- often feeling like Lucy and Ethel did working at the chocolate factory (overwhelmed and finding creative ways to cope!). Having survived 20+ years of living one crisis at a time, feeling lucky when there was only BIG crisis, I've learned a lot (the hard way most of the time) and hope that sharing some of that knowledge will be helpful to someone else out there who is struggling to meet life's challenges. You are not alone!