Posts by gracefulwomanwarrior

                    Auntie Cole is coming to town! Plans are being formulated. Lists are being checked off. Girlfriends are waiting with bated breath to gather once again to welcome Terri’s BFF to town. The only thing missing? Terri… There’s no getting around it. When Nicole and I…

Happy National Girlfriends Day! Check out my love letter to my Girls’ Weekend Away sisters in Herself360‘s August issue— The Pulse of Sisterhood. And if you haven’t done it yet, make sure you let your irrepressible, irresistible and irreplaceable sisters know, that theirs is one of the most sacred connections in your life❤️ Love, Auntie L…

For those of you not on social media, I want to turn you on to a powerful and inspirational women’s community—Herself360. I recently published my debut article, “The Power of Story”, in their online Women’s Magazine. Their mission is to bring thoughtful and engaging commentary on stories and advice, that will help women in every…

Just dropped off the magnificent matriarch of the Rubbicco family❤️ Driving to Sunday dinner, we listened to my sister, Dori Rubbicco ‘s, new CD. Mom’s gnarled fingers felt surprisingly soft to the touch as we grasped hands, communing to the title song, “Bound To Your Heart,” a favorite of my late sister, Jeanne, and her daughter, Terri. You don’t know how…

Piercing the comfortable silence on our way home from seeing Toy Story 4, Miss M caught me completely off guard. “Is Gabby evil?” She was referring to Gabby Gabby, the villainous baby-blue-eyed, talking, pull-string antagonist. “What do you think?” “I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.” “Hmmm. Well, that’s a complicated question. Lots of people…

It was one of those days today… The first thing Miss M said to me when I tenderly roused her from sleep this morning was, “I’m tired.” A recurrent refrain of late, my first thought was, “You and me both.” Unbeknownst to Miss M, I was coming off a weekend nightmare from which I still…

What a whirlwind birthday weekend—chock full of everything an about to be ten-year-old could ever wish for… A starry-eyed Miss M seemed to be walking on air Friday as she sprinted to my car, keen on reaching Providence ASAP. Assorted Harry Potter garb in tow, we were en route to meet her BFF who was whisking her…

I was listening to Krista Tippet’s On Being podcast with Joanna Macy entitled, “A Wild Love for the World,” when something Joanna said resonated deeply. A Buddhist scholar and philosopher of ecology, Joanna was reflecting on the death of her husband of 56 years, Fran. “He’s part of my world right now. We become what we…

Hellos and goodbyes. Beginnings and endings. Birthing and dying. It’s all about the in-betweens… Staring out at the soft, billowy clouds en route to the sturdy and warm embrace of my beloved husband. My heart is swollen with the enormity of what transpired over the last six days since arriving in Denver. Terri Luanna’s BFF…