A gray, foggy morning on the California coast. Over Labor Day weekend, my family got to tag-along with the in-laws for their annual camping trip. I am not the type to get excited about camping – all the preparation, discomfort, and endless outdoors keep me from being a full-on camping enthusiast. Yet a week prior, … Continue reading A Trick for Living in the Moment
Photo by Victoria Tronina on Unsplash I’m outside, enjoying the warm 92˚ air and a sunny sky, though it is nearing eight o’clock in the evening. Why should I be inside when I could be outside doing fun things?! It’s this thought that makes the summer season special and exhausting; it’s why summertime quickly becomes … Continue reading 4 Ways to Unwind and Relax at Home
Photo by Emery Meyer on Unsplash The week leading up to my son’s birthday is always a great time for me to reflect upon all of the things that I did . . . poorly. Mistakes I made, power struggles I bought into, hills I deemed worthy of climbing up and dying upon – each … Continue reading The Annual Party Guest
Photo by Meriç Dağlı on Unsplash It was December 2016 when I turned to my husband and said: “Maybe we should move back to California.” *** In June 2007, my family moved from California to North Carolina. There I finished high school and college and began my career and a family of my own. In … Continue reading I Moved Across the Country, Again
Spring's first blooms, 2020 Happy Mother’s Day to my amazing mother, Pam! As a young child I remember asking my mom how she knew so much about so much, intuitively knowing that she possessed this great, vast knowledge of how to live life and get things done well. Her response was that I would learn … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day: A Journal Entry
Photo by jae bano on Unsplash So, I guess when I wrote that I would be back with this post “next week” in my previous post I actually meant next month… Here I am, finally! Apologies for the wait. March was a whirlwind and I found myself without a moment to think, let alone to … Continue reading The Great Search for Self-Acceptance: How do You Find Yourself?
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash Oscar Wilde said that “to love oneself is a beginning of a lifelong romance” and, the longer I know myself, the more I find this to be true. I’m journeying into the last few weeks of my 20’s and am objectively taking stock of the growth I’ve achieved while … Continue reading The Great Search for Self-Acceptance
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash When it comes to universal connection, there are points everywhere. Simply stepping out of your door and breathing the air is the most natural way. We can take it a step further, and know that we all see the same moon and sun. Taking this even further, we could … Continue reading A Sign from Above
At 16 years old, I had my life all figured out. What I didn’t realize then was that the plans I had made were short-term, in the grand scheme of things (thankfully!). I pursued my dreams and built the life that I am happily living now. The clairvoyance I had at age 16 laid the … Continue reading A Plant as a Metaphor
My brother and I, 1994 While flipping through a Christmas décor inspiration magazine at the grocery store checkout line, I came across a home feature that proclaimed to have decorated with the goal of achieving extravagance and formality. Extravagance and formality are two manners from which I never operate, preferring instead that of simple authenticity. … Continue reading A Simple Christmastime
