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…
For the past three weeks, I’ve been participating in Mike Dooley’s 21 Day Visualization Project. The daily meditation assignments take a little over 6 minutes. I usually listen to them twice because they feel so good. That 15 minutes is usually my very favorite part of the day! Today is Day 20. My assignment was…