I feel like a child trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. But I’m far past that stage. I’m at an age when most adults start winding down. Days fly, and I want to catch them. But for me? I have this persistent urge [...]
She told me all about the plants and flowers, but I also learned about life. Garden Walks and Memories I remember most the reverence of walking with my grandma around her garden. She knew all of their names and talked about each one as if they were a personal [...]
Curiosity, my chosen muse, speaks to me in the clouds. What hides in the wonder of clouds? The small, blond-haired girl lay in the grass, watching the sky above her. Nestled in the freshly mown grass, she wondered about the clouds floating above her. Why were some fat and [...]
When will I wake up from this nightmare? Little did I realize in March that we would end 2020 still masked and isolated from those we love. Many have lost more than time and favorite activities. In the US, Over 300,000 to date lost their lives. As the first [...]
It’s time to come out of hiding and face the truth. Perfectionism Protects Perfectionism is a defense mechanism. For years, I viewed my tendency for perfectionism as an asset. Who doesn’t want to do everything with excellence and strive for the best? In reality, perfectionism held me back, blinding [...]
Living on the edge of her future, a six-year-old stood in the spotlight of the sun. Her voice, clear and unwavering, belted out the song to the audience. Standing on the edge of the stage, she feared nothing and no one. I don’t remember the song, but I do [...]
Wake Up! It Matters to Listen Carefully, Now She called out to her wayward child— don’t. Words will hurt each other, you must— think. Your actions affect this planet— stop. Please listen you can ease the pain— feel. You have one day I give to you— live. Mother Earth [...]
Life offers a road less traveled. Every choice opens and closes a door. “I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that [...]
You may find yourself grasping for gratitude. I never imagined that the world would lose its footing to a virus. Those stories belong in the history of plagues and diseases like smallpox, leprosy, or polio. Most of us have never experienced a quarantine. We've never seen businesses closed to [...]
Forgive Others First All she ever wanted was for someone to love her. She didn’t deserve to die. The man shot her at point-blank range. The gunshot wound at the temple left her breathing but not alive for two days. Not her first brush with domestic violence, but on [...]
