Do you ever have those moments when you think to yourself, I have no freaking clue what I am doing and life is just so hard and I will never have anything figured out? If you answered yes, keep reading. I’ll let you in on a little secret. (If not,…
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a resurrected writing project – a task that is likely to continue for several months to come. Whenever I delve into a task as daunting as this one, I look to various sources of creative inspiration and motivation. I read…
Within each of us, I think, whether we acknowledge it or not, is a secret hidden corner. It’s that place that we enter when life is floating along on a soft current and are able to move with it on auto-pilot. Like an empty park bench in a quiet…
As we move though the busyness of another chaotic week – a week filled with whiny kids and last minute trips to the grocery store, angry clients and demanding bosses, harassing doubts and endless questions – it is important to step back, take a deep breath, and remember that sometimes…
“Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” ― J.M. Barrie I took my car in for a routine oil change this week. And I left feeling incredibly thankful to be alive. I won’t get into the details of it, but as it turns out,…
Yesterday morning I sat outside on our back deck, coffee in one hand, pen in the other. Since it was Sunday, I had turned off my computer, cell phone, television, and quieted some of the external noise. The internal noise, however, lingered. I was anxious about a phone call I…