This phrase has stuck with me since taking my first yoga class. I remember the instructor saying always end on something positive. I never thought much into it. I even started to teach that way saying this phrase. Until a year ago. Why is saying...
I’m a knitter. Not a good one, but nevertheless I persist. Knitting is yoga for the mind and I have a head filled with hummingbirds. Some say they try to knit away the crazy. That is a pretty good description. My two favorite parts of knitting are...
School days are done! Summer has arrived! Time for my annual speech about chores, and how “just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you are all just going to be laying around here the whole time.” Time for my annual declaration that I’m going to make a...
What happened to May? From January to June this has been the fastest school year yet. Now that it’s officially June, my kids are out of school and my work schedule has to shift and looks a bit different. It feels like I went from sprinting in...
It was our eighteenth anniversary. We went to dinner at the kind of place we only go on special occasions; Velvet curtains, golden lighting. We laughed a lot. We always do. We talked about all that had led up to that day, facing each other in that...
We lost a legend last week. Tina Turner was not just the Queen of Rock & Roll in my book. She was the queen of all things. I found her inspiring on every level. I have loved her music since I was a kid. When I was older and learned her story, I...
Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the unofficial start to Summer. With summer comes summer vacations which can cause stress on some. Do you take full advantage and get some R&R on your vacations or do you need a vacation from your vacation? I think...
Life is full of decisions. Some are basic and have no real repercussions, others might be dwelled upon for days, months, years or even a lifetime. I was recently faced with such a decision. As I mentioned in this blog last week, my dear friend and I...
The day she separated our coffee mugs – That was the day for sure. I had thought I could hold it together, and be brave stepping into this new world of independent children, but for some reason the sight of my oldest daughter, Alena...
Have you ever felt like a snow globe all shaken up? Shaken all up things moving all around and your brain and mind are going in every which way? Whether it’s all the noise and stress going on inside your head or you’re allowing other people, places...