When I was 38, I had to stop working. Shayne and I were about to move to Singapore due to a job transfer for his business. They are pretty strict about working there if you don’t have a work visa. Nobody in Singapore was going to sponsor me for a real estate work visa, the only career I had any experience in up to that point. I was facing an existential moment of identity. I’d been working in the real estate field since college, and I had no clue about where to go next. I went to see a counselor, and she gave me theRead More →

I think addictions may start when connections end. In Human Design, my profile is that of an Opportunist/Role Model (4/6). All of my opportunities in life come from the connections I’ve made. It’s hard for me to end friendships, even when I should. Once I’ve connected to someone, its generally for life. Now, I may not see or hear from someone that I’ve made a connection with for years, but when we do connect, it’s as if all that time apart was just a momentary blip. I’ve often wondered why drugs have never been something that I’ve pursued. I grew up in the 80’s andRead More →

I asked a ChatGPT program called The Architect what my skin is trying to teach me. In 2020, when we were hit with the Covid lockdowns, both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer which ended up being terminal. My father lived here, near me, and my mother was in Arkansas. It was a stressful time, to put it mildly. My father believed anything that any authority figure told him when it came to his health. Well, he didn’t believe in doing anything preventative, but once he had a health problem, he thought they had the answer and he never questioned them. When the firstRead More →