Friends

Your Life Will Be Happier When You Find Your People

The Mayo Clinic says, “Good friends are good for your life.” Multiple studies have proven that your life will be happier when you find your people. Have you found your people? How many friends do you have? Do you know the difference between friends and acquaintances? We tend to cycle through friends during our lives. For example, you become friends with children in nursery school or kindergarten based…

Quick, Grab A Spatula – Memorial Day Weekend Is Almost Here 

The unofficial start of summer is less than two weeks away. Quick, grab a spatula – Memorial Day Weekend is almost here! Last year I wrote a post that explained the meaning of this holiday: https://www.outwittinglife.com/what-does-memorial-day-mean-to-you-and-your-family/. Please click the link to read about the history behind this day. We have off from work so that we may…

Accepting You Have Cancer

It was 9:30 pm and I was driving home from a lovely dinner with my friend Denise when I got the dreaded call. There was no caller ID and I was driving, so I am not even sure why I answered the phone. It was Dr. Chen, the surgeon that performed the removal of a benign papilloma in my right breast the previous week. My heart sank as soon…

Friends for Life

There’s something very special about having life-long friends. Sure, there’s times where you may not be in touch as much as you’d like but when you do get together again it’s as if you had seen each other yesterday. Do you know what I mean? I am very fortunate that my core group of friends are from elementary school. We have known each other over…