The Power of Story

Each day we are faced with a new “story.” Yesterday’s story is done. Tomorrow’s is an open book. But yesterday’s story holds meaning for the story that unfolds in our today. Some days our stories are rich with love, adventure, reconnection, and beauty. Others arrive with a crushing, gut-wrenching fist to the gut—heart-shattering and life-changing…

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The Pulse Of Sisterhood

My lifelong BFF, Peggy, penned the title of this article. She was responding to my Girls’ Weekend Away email recounting our 29th annual GWA in which I expressed my deep gratitude for our enduring friendship. Peggy responded, Dear Laurie, once again, the documentation is spot on! It was a fabulous week that I’m still talking…

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Empty Nesting… Again

    For all you empty nesters out there facing that inescapable intersection of love and loss this fall, my September article in Herself360 entitled, Empty Nesting… Again is for you❤️ Love, Auntie L

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Powerful Women Revealed

Surrounded by three of my all-time favorite “sisters” at an impromptu listening party for my 95.9 WATD-FM radio interview with the fantastic Nicole Perry. For those of you who missed it, here’s the link—Powerful Women Revealed. The night before I woke up at 3:30 am. Despite employing every mindfulness technique in my toolbox, I watched dawns early light…

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Broadening our Horizons…

Who woulda thunk that Terri, Miss M, and I would be featured this Sunday, September 1st, right after the news at noon, on 95.9 WATD-FM’s Powerful Women Revealed, hosted by the fabulous Nicole Perry? Or, that next month, Miss M and I will be guests on Stacey Shipman’s Engaging Voices Podcast, sharing our stories of love, loss, and…

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An Ode to Girlfriends

                    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…

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The Pulse of Sisterhood

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…

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The Power of Story

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…

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Bound To Your Heart

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…

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Listen to Your Inner Voice

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…

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