Jean Marie Johnson

The older I get, the more I like myself. It’s true because when I look at myself as an observer, I can appreciate what makes

So there I was, seated in a curtain draped room in the Emergency Department, awaiting my husband’s next round of test results. We’d been there,

If you’re looking for a how-to on “bird feeder best practices,” this isn’t it. That said, the “management” of these vessels of sustenance can teach

Did you know that both spring and fall compete for the top spot in terms of seasonal preference? As a diehard “Fall Girl,” even I

Perhaps you read the title of this piece and thought “I need to read this.” Or maybe you scratched your head and said out loud

“Be the woman who fixes another woman’s crown without telling the world it was crooked.” Some years ago, I reported to a man who had

Life changes when we make changes, when we consistently incorporate new behaviors into our day. So, let’s be honest: If we think in terms of

It was late last summer, the first week of school. Kids waited for their school buses, heads-down, in their phones. The light was different, and

My fur babies, “my girls,” have passed over the Rainbow Bridge.  Feisty Madam Butterfly was a piece of work from the get-go. Spawned in a

We both knew that with my relocation to the South, things would be different. A mere three  months in and it was already the holiday