Ruthie Lanigan
Stories of Life

This morning I had yet another one of my “firsts” in life. Yes, at age 55 you can still have a hell of a lot of firsts! This one was...

We just had an interesting weekend that we started planning on Tuesday. I made a suggestion to Jim that since we had nothing going on...

I absolutely adore travel. In fact, I can’t imagine life without it. I’m not positive where this love began but I know it goes way back...

As I was driving to work one day this week, I happened to look down at my hand on the steering wheel. It was in the same place it...

Our Jamaican vacation was no exception. Our last day was spent just enjoying. We swam and sat in the sun. Nothing terribly eventful...

Day 4 was our excursion day. I was quite excited as I had never been very far outside of Negril. We were going on a trip to the Black...

Today was a “Plan B” day and it turned out amazing. The original plan was to fish early in the morning and snorkel in the afternoon… with...

This was the night we headed to 3 Dives for the best jerk chicken (or lobster or pork) I have ever tasted. But first, we had a full day...

And it was….. Our January 2019 trip to Negril, Jamaica was once again an amazing adventure filled with good people, good food, good...

It wasn’t until recently that I truly understood the word empath. I knew the word “empathy” and understood what it meant but didn’t...

Hey Everyone! Thought I would share a little about chemo curls. First of all, yes they are real! Prior to breast cancer I had long...

I’m not sure why I have been thinking of Alaska so much lately. Maybe all the snow we’ve had. Whatever the reason, I decided I would go...

Hope Lodge St. Louis Cancer has opened my eyes to so many things. Some good, some bad. Today was one of the good things! I toured the...

Surprise! I’ve always wanted to know the best way to throw a great surprise party. Well Now I know. You pray! Hard! Just kidding (kind...

Recent reads I highly recommend For most of my life I have been the girl that received good grades, worked hard, went along with the...