To All a Good Night

I have to admit that more often than not a sponsored post will show up in one of my social media feeds that will tempt me in the exact click-bait fashion with which I believe it is intended. This happens with exercise programs and apps, meal prep programs, products I...

Endless Possibilities

If you create anything at all, you likely will understand the sense of risk and vulnerability woven into the act of creating. Whether you are trying a new recipe or writing new words or exploring a new medium for your art or even a new brush for your paintings. No...

Holding Fast to Small Sparks of Joy

Recently I have been reflecting on the idea of small beginnings. Small beginnings and baby steps along unknown paths toward the things that for me provide a spark of joy but can also carry uncertainty. If I am honest with myself, this likely has almost always been the...

Seeking Out the Extraordinary

There is a quote from poet Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day that gets shared a lot on social media: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? But it is the two lines that precede these two oft quoted ones that for me gives these lines...

The Hues of Personality

One of the things I love about having to drive to and from the various appointments and activities with my girls is the view outside my car window. In some of the areas we pass through, we crest slow-rising hills and the scenery stretches out in various hues of greens...