If you would have told me a year ago that my bestie Jill Farmer would be on my TV show talking about her new book, I would have told you that you’re insane.  Me … a TV host?  Jill … an author?  Talk about timing and the power of positive thinking!

Two and a half years ago Jill was taking care of me while I was in the hospital recovering from a stroke.  It happened in St. Louis, where I had traipsed off to see Jill for a fun-filled girls’ weekend.  It still ended up being a girls’ weekend … except that we swapped out raspberry-infused vodka for IVs.

Meh. Happens.

Jill and I have always had a kindred spirit sort of bond.  I still remember walking in the doors of my very first TV station in Des Moines and scared of my own shadow.  Jill swooped in and took me under her wing … and the rest, as they say, is TV history.

Flash forward twenty years and Jill is sitting on my set dishing on her first self-help book “There’s Not Enough Time … and other lies we tell ourselves.”  Mere moments before we went on-air I casually said, “I cannot believe you’re on my show.  Actually, I can’t believe I have a show for you to be on.”  And then we both burst out laughing. I regained composure with nanoseconds to spare.

If you’re gonna have a BFF … make sure it’s someone as humble as Jill.  She’s a built-in therapist/counselor, a shopaholic, a woman wise beyond her years and a human being that puts good energy out in to the universe every second of every day.  Oh, and if you’re gonna have a debilitating stroke, she makes a pretty good nursemaid and companion when warranted.

Jill’s book is available via Amazon.  May I just say it makes a great Xmas gift.  You can thank me later.  And if you’re lucky, she just may save your life someday.  Or at a minimum give it the ol’ college try.