If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why?
I have no desire to change place with anyone famous. I’m happy with my life. While I am not famous or financially wealthy, I am rich in love and joy.
Month: October 2026
It’s Simple Mark 12
What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by?
Sadly many Christians have forgotten these simple commands. They’ve chosen the road of the Pharisees. However these words are what I live by and do my best in all my actions to carry them out.
From the book of Mark
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a]31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”
Don’t believe what people say
What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain?
I’ve spent most of my life determining how I felt about myself by what other people said and thought. This caused me to doubt my decision decisions and make rash decisions. It caused me to have a massive fear of abandonment which intern encourage me to make bad decisions.
The only opinions that matters is God’s opinion of me and what I think of me.
Nicole and Tom
What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched?
Eyes Wide Shut
I still have no idea what that movie was about. It says is a psychological thriller but it was a nap inducer for me.
When my ex and I were leaving the theater, everyone and I mean everyone, was talking about what a horrible movie it was. That’s was a first for me.
Patience
What’s the most underrated life skill?
The simple act of waiting is the most difficult. Anything worth achieving takes time.
Love might feel big in the beginning but it’s actually small. It takes a lifetime for love to grow fully.
It takes patience to grow comfortable with yourself, including your strengths and weaknesses.
It can take a lot of searching to find what you love and what you’re good at. I’m newly 67 and I’m still searching.
Rushing never has helped. I believe patience is the most underrated life skill.
Turn back time
The genie grants you a wish. What is it?
I’d like to go back to my 16th birthday with all of my knowledge and wisdom accumulated through 16-67 still with me.
I’d like to know what my life would have been like if I had chosen my dream over a boyfriend. I wish I had found a way to tell my dad I would find a way to study in Europe. I wouldn’t spend one second worried what others thought of me. I’d have confidence. I’d pursue joy. I would have gotten help for my depression even though I did not have support from my parents.
Then I’d like to look at my two life paths and chose one.
Lyon
What’s a moment in your life that made you feel truly alive?
1999, October. I went for a week to a language school in Lyon. I was alone. My marriage was struggling. A change was desperately needed.
The colors of autumn were vibrant. The classes were held in an old large, manor home. There weren’t many of us and most students were either beginner or intermediate level. I was told US French teachers come in the summer.
In addition to classes, we had a couple tours, a cooking class and a wine tasting class.
When I took my first walk, breathed in the cool air, being immersed in the autumnal colors and surrounded by history, I felt fully alive.
