Category: Life

  • A cup of thanks

    Are we truly only 18 days until 2022?  Where did that time go? During this time last year, I was contemplating whether I should create a website with a blog. After some deep reflection and encouragement from a friend (Thanks Don!), I took the leap and created something that I could call my own. A…

  • Holding This Space Together

    Are you feeling grumpy when you wake up? Tired? Unappreciated? Are you feeling like you are stuck and unable to do anything? If any of those words speaks out to you, then you and I are in the same place in life. Perhaps it is being under the strain of living under a pandemic for…

  • A hello and a thank you!

    A hello and a thank you!

    It’s been awhile. How are you? It’s been madness in my world. The start of the school year. The drop off, the pick up and balancing of work and life in general. And yes, we are still living under the pandemic.  You are probably asking, Is it over yet? And feeling SO over it. Yes,…

  • A moment of stillness in a world of chaos

    It’s a quiet morning here. There is no rain, no wind. Just the sound of an occasional snore from Boran against the stillness of the early morning. Usually there is the sound of the wind and yet it’s a silence that seems flat and lifeless. As if the world is holding its breath in anticipation…

  • Grains of Hope and a call for help

    It’s a bright and sunny day in the State of Florida. Outside my window, there is a gecko resting on a small wooden crate, its yellow neck ballooning in anticipation of air and food. A moment later, a tongue forks out and captures a flying insect and swallows it, its hunger satisfied. As I gaze…

  • Elsa and the rain

    I woke up to the rain this morning. Falling from the sky to the roof, I could hear it rushing down the gutter and flowing into a puddle of water waiting to be soaked up by Mother Earth again.  I could hear the roar of the wind in the distance and see it’s gentle touch…