Dear Girlfriends, If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines for a while – either with your marriage or your personal development – sometimes it’s hard to even think about getting into the race again. But the longer you sit in the bleachers, girlfriends, the more your muscles will atrophy. I was talking with a dear friend of mine about this …

Dear Girlfriends, When asked how long she and her husband, Bill, have been married, my girlfriend Kathy says, “We’ve been married for 34 years; 29 of those, happily.” This just cracks me up. Growing pains are a given in a young marriage – where each partner is learning to understand and appreciate the finer details of what it means to …

Dear Girlfriends, Are you depressed? Wow! I just put it out there in black and white, didn’t I? I think a lot of women wake up at their mid-life mark feeling tired; burned out by work or family, or both. Some feel lost and alone; the kids are grown and gone while hubby still has his work. Others have told …