I am fascinated by doors. When traveling I look for them, marveling at the architecture, wondering about who lives there. I make up stories in my head of the conversations that have happened on the doorsteps. Yes – My mind is a bowl of creative minestrone soup some days. Sometimes those doors open to wonderful…
Our eclectic collection results in not a perfect looking tree but an absolutely perfect delight-filled tree
up versus down loud versus quiet courage versus fear joy versus sadness anger versus patience I feel like we spend a great deal of time analyzing emotions and learning how to feel our feelings. This is truly important. I also believe that it is important to look at the opposites. Often we can…
Last Days – First Days – Endings and Beginnings With another Labour Day weekend in the books today is the first day of school in our household. The girls are adults but it is still a big day. The supportive texts and mocking gifs were flying last night in the family group chat. They are…
I have joked often over the past year about how being a mom and raising my kids broke me. My kids roll their eyes because they know the truth. They didn’t break me, the choices that I made were all me. They were just being kids learning what they need to learn and experiencing what…
About a year ago I hit a huge wall of anxiety and exhaustion. It had been building slowly, but when I finally hit it man did I slam hard!! I was raised a tough farm girl. We got things done. You persevere because there was no choice. With that I spent my life persevering. Just…
One of the wonderful tools that I have carried in my toolbox has been my spirituality and gift to communicate with loved ones who have passed over from this lifetime. I have the ability to communicate with spirits through sight (yes “I see dead people” 😉 sound (yes they talk to me 😉 feeling (yes…