Just over two years ago, my husband and I went through a divorce… and I have yet to go on a date. I told myself many stories as to why that was the case. First, I simply wasn’t interested in dating. Then, a highly itinerant lifestyle prevented me from developing close relationships. When I finally…
Emotion is powerful. It’s transformative. But all-too-often, it feels beyond our control. We observe something wanted or unwanted. We have a positive or negative interaction. The experience or interaction elicits an emotional response. Like leaves in the wind, we move along life’s path in a seemingly random emotional pattern, subject to unseen forces beyond our…
Today I decided to give myself a Mother’s Day gift. Most people wouldn’t call it a gift. After all, it was just my usual morning cup of coffee, made the same way I make it every day. But I decided this cup of coffee would be special because it was a gift from me to…
One day last fall, I was strolling down the beach in the small Pacific costal town of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. It was a spectacular day. The sky was a bright robin’s egg blue. Lush green jungles plunged dramatically to meet expansive sandy shores. Surfers laughed as they lounged lazily in the sun or straddled their…
At the beginning of this road trip, driving through the mountains of Colorado pulling a pop-up trailer with a minivan was a harrowing experience. It took diligence and a bit of skill to protect brakes from overheating going downhill and engine from overheating going uphill. Additionally, my 2012 Honda Odyssey had warped rotors, which caused…
Adversity is rarely seen as a blessing. In fact, it often feels like the exact opposite of “blessing”. At the end of May, I left my home community of Ellicottville, NY with the intention of settling in northern Michigan. Our family lived in Boyne City, MI when the kids were young and we still have…
