“I have been a widow for five Valentine’s Days. This year will be my sixth. Last year I started a new tradition. I called a shopper at Tiffany & Co. and told her what I was looking for. Last year was a purse, this year will be a bracelet. She has selections waiting for me along with champagne. I then proceed to buy myself a gift from my late husband. Then I head across the street to Capital Grille and have more champagne and shrimp cocktail or the tuna stack. I toast Eric and chat with people around me. I love this because I am healed enough not to be devastated and to take care of myself.” —Lisa Woolery,

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…