The Sweet Life Gardener – Thyme

Hey Sweet Lifers! One of the most versatile herbs to have in your garden is thyme. There are more than 400 different species used from culinary to medicinal to just fabulously decorative. The tiny petite flowers are a pretty addition to plates, and the scent is lovely when making floral arrangements from...

Living the Sweet Life: Time to be Mine

Hey Sweet Lifers! There’s a running joke between me and my oldest and best friend about when to buy things. Not the items that everybody needs eventually like furniture, appliances and houses, but the personal stuff that makes life a little sweeter. You know the pocket books, jewelry, clothes. And as of...

Living the Sweet Life: My Marvelous Monstera

Hey  Sweet Lifers! Everyone should have a house plant, and I believe that like choosing a pet, the decisions about which one, or in most cases ones, to select is a choice made by personality. This conclusion has been based on deep research as both my sweet Brian and I have slid into the wonderful world of...

Living the Sweet Life: It’s the Little Things

I hope that somewhere tucked in a bookcase or perhaps hanging on your wall there’s a piece of art that has been created either by you, a dear friend or by someone in your family. As all of you know, both my parents left this world way too soon, and it’s very different living without parents. This month...

Living the Sweet Life: Manifesting a Transformation

Hey sweet lifers! If you’ve been paying any attention to my feeds, blogs or channel episodes, you might have noticed a shift in both my focus but also my purpose. What is one of the most beautiful aspects of being a human being is our ability to manifest change. It is in fact a tremendous part of growing...

Living the Sweet Life: What to Read in 2022

Hey Sweet Lifers! Ya’ll know March is National Literacy Awareness month in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday I hope. He is still one of my favorite author’s with his Green Eggs and Ham reigning in at numero uno in my memory banks of childhood. My Godmother still mentions it every time I go home...

Living the Sweet Life: What is LOVE and the Meaning of LIFE

Hey Sweet Lifers! What is this thing called love? Over the years countless sonnets, stories and songs have been written on the subject and through searching for the answer to the question of love, yet another answer most profound reveals itself. The answer to the question, “What is the meaning of...

Living the Sweet Life: Daily/Weekly/Monthly

Hey Sweet Lifers! Oh my it’s January again! How did that happen? Most of us, especially over the past few years, have been doing a scramble to try to find some normalcy in routines and goal setting just really well for me has not been top of mind. Getting things done and holding on to what feels right in...

Living the Sweet Life: The Spirit’s Song

Hey Sweet Lifers! Every now and then something happens that makes you stop and realize there’s always an angel on your shoulder. Always. Over the years I have referred to these experiences as “God Winks” that reassure us that we are headed in the right direction and cast a warm feeling on what might be...

Living the Sweet Life: Stupid Strong

Hey Sweet Lifers! Through the years, I have been active in my community in helping bring awareness to special causes. You will recall the ten years of creating breast cancer calendars and the seven years of calendars of children with the disease. Using my art to help foster awareness and potentially raise...

Living the Sweet Life: If You’re Happy and You Know It Do Something Sweet!

Hey Sweet Lifers! How are you? Are you happy? I know, there’s always a lot going on, and what kind of question is it to ask someone “Are you happy” anyway? Happiness is a fundamental part of living a sweet life, and the way to achieving it might be simpler than you think. For many, the feeling of being...

Living the Sweet Life: Lessons from the Sweet Life Garden

Hey Sweet Lifers! There are many lessons about life taught daily in a garden. One of the more poignant lessons for me has been watching, waiting and observing just how things work with God and faithfulness in His timing. I marvel at the harmony amongst vegetables, flowers and insects that live there. There...

Living the Sweet Life: MHM + CSR = A Better World

Hey there Sweet Lifers! How are you doing? I want to introduce you to the latest movement – yes another one. What is MHM you ask? Well, it’s “Mental Health Matters,” and if you can subscribe to it, the whole world will be a better, kinder and more inclusive space. As a person who holds a degree in...

Living the Sweet Life: I Am The “Keeper”

Recently I received a call from my Aunt Carolyn who has decided to downsize her home and as a result, created for herself a forced purging of things. She called me and asked if I wanted this or that, and I told her each time she reached out the same thing, “I’ll take everything.” She knew what I would...

Living the Sweet Life: Right Now, in My Sweet Life, Nothing is Missing

Hey there my sweet lifers! As we celebrate the month of May with flowers and showers of love towards our mothers, I must say that right now, in this moment, not one thing is missing. This has not been the case for most of my life as May brought a day that I could not celebrate and a sadness that I could not...