This year is the year to pull out all the stops on holiday cheer! 2020 is so very different than years past. There are no holiday parties to get dressed up for, no day trip to the coast with friends for the best-ever egg nog, and no Christmas concerts to attend. December is typically jam …
Two years ago, I shared a very similar post called The ABCs of my life. With all that is going on in our world today, I thought I would revisit this post and update it for 2020 – looking at all that I am thankful for while living through a pandemic. I admit, this Thanksgiving …
I recently lost a very good friend – the loss was sudden and unexpected. Loss and grief is never an easy journey, but dealing with this during a pandemic is harder. The ability to grieve with others in person, to hug, hold, and cry is not so readily available. While my friend Penny died of …
This past week has been a hard one. For years I have slowly lost my dad to dementia. The smartest man I have ever known, the one who led our family on many adventures, and always pushed me to do my best, no longer recognizes me as his daughter. My mom has stood by his …
This coming Saturday I will be sharing my story of being fearless and inspiring other women to follow their dreams. Fearless Women’s Summit is a free online event that is hosted by One Woman. I found One Woman International a little over a year ago when I went to one of their conferences here in …
July is National Picnic month and for good reason! Summer weather simply begs us to get outside and enjoy the warmer days. In fact, for the last few weekends, my family and I have enjoyed packing up a picnic basket, grabbing a blanket, chairs, and a deck of cards to head out for a good …
One of my best let’s-get-summer-started memories is the day I sat down with my three young children and we dumped over our coin-filled five gallon water jug. Has anyone else ever used an empty five gallon water jug to toss your extra change into? We did that in my home growing up, and it was …
This past week I needed to close up my classroom, return personal belongings to students, and collect borrowed chrome books. I cannot even begin to tell you how great if felt getting up in the morning, getting dressed for leaving the house, and driving to school. Driving to work and having a purpose to leave …
Last January I set an intention for myself of building connections and fostering relationships. I believed, and still do, that our communities and our country are too divisive. What I have in my control is that I can get out of my comfort zone and build new relationships and also spend time fostering the many …
A dozen years ago I was sitting in a therapist’s office processing the emotions of a divorce that I did not want. I was talking about my anger. “I am angry about…”, “I am so mad about…”, “I am frustrated…” My therapist looked at me and simply said, “Every time you say anger or mad …
