On August 23rd, 2003 it was 110 degrees. Everyone in attendance at our wedding likely remembers how doggone hot it was because our church didn’t (and still doesn’t) have air conditioning. The day ended, however, with some rain and my husband getting shit on by a bird on his shoulder. Supposedly, rain (and getting shit… Read More
It’s Complicated At an average rate of 80 times a minute, the (complex and complicated) heart beats about 115,000 times in one day or 42 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 3 billion times — pumping an amount of blood that equals about 1 million… Read More
The Most Important Garden The garden that matters most isn’t in your yard; it’s you. And July, for me, has taught me some lessons to prove this point. So many things impact the health of an actual garden, just as is the case with us as humans. Let me explain. Several unexpected and unplanned events… Read More
Emotional Debt Emotional debt. We all have it. It’s the depleting of joy in action. It’s the tug-of-war of love and fear; because we all know that fear is the core of anger. At least, it’s what I’ve come to know along my path of personal growth. When someone hurts us, it’s so very easy… Read More
Questions I Ponder I’m a questioner by nature. I tend to ask a lot of questions in my attempt to gather as much information as possible – especially to problem-solve. As a child, I was the one always asking “why?” Is it any wonder, then, that I started a side-hustle working with spiritual creatives who… Read More
Two Seasons of Motherhood & 12 Lessons Learned School has been out for my three kiddos since mid-May. It usually takes me at least a month to get into the swing of a different schedule, or lack thereof is more like it. Case-in-point, last week life got a little cray-cray, and I didn’t get a… Read More
Be Brave to Love We all have an abundance of love available to us – to give and to receive. If only we’d have the courage to let more of it in and out and be bravely vulnerable to it. I love this quote by John McCain, mentioned by his co-author, Mark Salter, in an interview… Read More
Dwelling on the Future There are three camps of people: Those stuck in the past The fortunate who’ve managed to live in the present moment on the regular Those who dwell on the future. In which camp do you find yourself? I used to find myself in the camp stuck in the past. Today, I… Read More
Learn Who You Are I came across this quote on Instagram by A Course of Love. Perhaps you may have heard of or be familiar with A Course in Miracles? Mari Perron created both courses. I have added A Course of Love to my “to read” list and plan to share about that when I… Read More
Helping vs. Enabling There’s a lot of chatter these days in the arena of personal growth. It seems many have experienced some form of unraveling in their lives the past several years. And perhaps, are now feeling their back to themselves once again. In the midst of challenges, it’s difficult to see the light at… Read More