Summer is my favorite time because it’s when we travel the most. And I adore traveling. This summer we kind of accidentally had a National Parks theme to our adventures. I came away with a lot of pictures and some great memories. I also came away with three life lessons. Lesson One: You Never Know…
Words, thoughts, and quotes. I love them. I’ve been a collector of words since back in high school. Within a special notebook, I carefully wrote each quote under a topic header. I’ve always loved how words play with my thought process, give me insight into someone else’s mind and often bring a new perspective to…
The last few weeks I have been actively re-organizing and re-decorating my home and office. My boys are with their Dad for the summer, and yet for some reason, the clutter remained. I didn’t realize how much it was negatively impacting me until I started finding a place for everything, started taking down old things,…
In part one we discussed some of the triggers for being offended and recognized how negative it can be to our well-being. As promised, I’m sharing seven ways of thinking to replace your resentment with healthier and happier habits. It does require some work, but over time your burdens will become lighter. 1. Don’t “Take”…
In sixth grade, I came home on Valentine’s Day with only a handful of cards. This was long before the day where class lists were circulated to ensure everyone brought a card for everyone. Depleted, I felt as if my whole class hated me and I had no friends – I felt offended. Looking…
As a parent, we’ve all felt inadequate at some point in time. We muddle along in a half daze improvising and making due with what we know and have learned along the way. Sometimes it feels as if we are making a bigger mess of things because there is no prescribed way of parenting to…
I can still see him now. He is walking towards me. His eyes are smiling straight through to my heart, sending my stomach in a kind of butterfly somersault medley. Standing outside my apartment door, I return a smile full of excitement and anticipation. It was at that moment, and a million others since, I…
