After I had my children less than two years apart, my world was rocked. Literally, I was a wife and working nurse and now a mom of two under two, and my health and wellness were in the back seat—the trunk for that matter. I...
There is something magical about hanging out with your girls. There is a sense of community and rejuvenation. Girl squads come in different forms; they can serve different purposes. There are the squads at work. There are squads at church. But the ones I enjoy...
Over the past few years, the topic of mindset has gotten more attention, and rightfully so. Mindset is defined as “the established set of attitudes held by someone.” This means that our mindset is the habitual set and types of thoughts we think. Essentially our whole life experience...
Always in the truck with the windows down, going to get a hive if bees in a tree or a house. He did not sing on key, but it did not matter to me. The love and acceptance and the fact that I was included...
"The Hurricane" is my favorite movie, for a number of reasons. I support kindness, diversity, helping the underdog, and rooting for the one that just has no-one else in their corner. Look it up. Not many people know about this movie, very few people that...
I have been hearing a lot of talk about individuality lately. Often, individuality is expressed as a conduit of not being a sheep. To interpret individuality as a right to be uncooperative is only self-serving. Individuality is a concept that I hold dear. As I have stated...
When I was small, I looked at a princess and a prince and thought the fairy tale was real and just had to have that. I learned in church about Adam and Eve. God created Adam, made Eve from one of Adam’s ribs. Was I...
These are trying times. The COVID-19 virus may prove to be the greatest public health and economic challenge in the United States’ young history. Daily federal and municipal briefings call for schools and nonessential businesses to close, for Americans to shelter in place, and to...
What is the number one fear? Funny, well not really, but I looked it up and it depends on who you ask. Who is the authority? Well, YOU ARE! What are you most afraid of? Snakes? Clowns? Public speaking? Dentists? Needles? Small spaces? Death? What happens...
Death can be strangely life affirming. From the moment we are born we are inching towards death. Hopefully, it is a very slow inch and we are granted many, many decades of life. Last week my husband lost his brother, Joe. He was a kind, gentle...