There are times in life when love fills our entire being. You look at your loved one and a sense of bliss and adoration overwhelms the senses. There’s a way to capture these beautiful moments: write love letters. It’s the perfect time to capture your…
What Are You Waiting For? We wait. We wait because we’re busy. We wait because we can’t be bothered. We wait for a more opportune time. We wait because we’re scared. Stop waiting. Thinking We Have All The Time In The World We take time…
Today, I woke up and checked Facebook. That was probably my first mistake. I scrolled through perfect pictures of perfect families and perfect couples taking perfect vacations or living what looks like perfect lives. Here I am–my arm is in a splint; my house is…
The Shift Towards A More Personal End-Of-Life Celebration How do you want to be remembered? I posed this question to family and friends, and their answers surprised me. Nobody I talked to desires a traditional funeral. I think there is a shift taking place in…
Gratitude On A Sunday Morning Right now, my little Shih Tzu, Chloe, is curled up next to me. I’m warmed by her body, and the steady rhythm of her breath comforts me. Ava bolts into the room. Her lanky legs fly at me as she…
Embracing An Authentic Life One does not come by authenticity easily. It is a process that requires an exploration in self-awareness. To live an authentic life requires us to examine our values, our truths, our insecurities, our desires, and our fears. It is only once…
I’m Proud To Call You Mother The Powerful Women Before Me I used to get a vision as a little girl. It looked like a black and white class photo. Instead of children, the picture was filled with rows of women. I imagined they were…
Leaving A Legacy I was in Northern Michigan visiting friends a few weeks ago when I noticed the local obituaries flashing across the TV screen. I paused and watched. There was the errant young person who had passed; however, the notices were filled with people…
At 26, my cousin, Mark, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. We were the same age at the time, and the news was devastating. I watched for three years as he bravely faced painful treatments only to succumb to the disease three years later. I learned…
Have you ever heard the old saying — miserable people often create their own misery? They dwell on the people who have offended them or the situations that seem unfair. It is especially easy to see this in children. Children don’t have the intellectual capacity…
