Light Your Candle
When I was in sixth grade, my Dad gave me money to buy my Mom a Christmas present. I couldn’t decide what to get until I was at a florist...
Kintsugi
When we feel our lives have been broken, we have a choice. We can stay that way or learn what it can teach us to make us stronger. It makes...
Icebreakers
Different personalities fascinate me. I grew up amongst mostly reserved people, but I gravitate toward “big personalities.” I like when...
Canning
I grew up in Minnesota where in late summer, both of my Grandmothers canned pickles, peaches, pears, cherries, and more. My Mom did once in...
The Harbor
Life is hard for all of us at times. The other day I met one of my neighbors who had sold his house and was about to move after a series of...
Less
A few times in my life I’ve experienced “tiny house living.” More, if I count my dorm rooms in college or traveling as a singer on a...
Being Still
This morning I woke up thinking about how distracted I am by so many things. I have enough thoughts bouncing around my brain as it is, but...
