Category Archives for Lee Strauss
The Importance of Team – in Work and Life
It feels like life is a heady bunch of busyness. I'm hanging onto the handlebars of a bike speeding down the hill of time, with my legs thrown out behind me as I dodge the obstacles that threaten to topple
Continue readingFinding Small Joys each Day ~ Elephants and Books!
It's no secret that life is hard right now. For everyone. You only have to watch the news for two minutes to see that. Mass shootings, war, reality TV-style "justice." The struggle, both personally and
Continue readingIt was almost a hospital wedding – warning, emotional post ahead.
My son Jordan's new wife Chelsea has osteosarcoma, with a tumor in her left femur. Diagnosed a month and a half before their Wedding day, she began an aggressive chemotherapy plan with infusions every
Continue readingLife happens when you’re making other plans
plans:Write more Ginger Gold books. Plan a beautiful wedding and happy family gathering. Celebrate birthdays, especially our daughter's (you'll know why if you've been following my blog-link), and enjoy
Continue readingFamily update ~ Living with the Big C
After my last blog (link here if you missed it), I thought I owed it to everyone to give an update. It’s a little challenging as, even though cancer has entered my life through my children, it’s not
Continue readingWhen Lighting Strikes Twice and why I’m leaving my husband in Las Vegas.
Back in the fall of 2021, my husband Norm and I made big plans to travel in our RV from British Columbia to Mexico, a first for us and it promised adventure as we continued our snowbird lifestyle. But
Continue readingLife’s a Beach and Book News
We've settled back into our life in Mexico, feeling more than ever that this is where we're meant to live in the winter. Our little Mexican community really came around us during our family medical emergency
Continue readingNew flight, new year, new adventures.
I'm sitting in the boarding lounge, early in the morning, sipping on a hot Tim Horton's cappuccino. I'm looking out the large east-facing windows as the dawn breaks over the snowy okanagan valley mountains.It's
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