“Where are you feeling stuck right now in your life?” my friend asked me as we talked over a cup of coffee. As I mentallyRead More
Category: Beautiful Things
Ways in which life brings those things our way to produce personal growth
It seems that as a society we are infatuated with the romance stories of young couples. Young love is overly emphasized. Or maybe I’m justRead More
Explorers, pioneers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators all have one belief in common: the possibility of new discovery lies beyond the horizon of what is familiar,Read More
Think about your favorite book. What makes that book a favorite for you? We have our favorite books for a reason. Somehow, the book speaksRead More
We upgrade computers, phones, services, homes and more. We upgrade stuff. But what about upgrading relationships? Like your marriage? verb ˈəpˌgrād,ˌəpˈgrād/ raise (something) to a higherRead More
This is me, on Joelle’s wedding day, as drawn by Joelle a couple of years ago. I came across the picture the other day, carefullyRead More
I remember in my early 20’s asking a friend what she hoped to become known for someday. She blankly stared back at me and thenRead More
We all have pieces of our lives that we don’t know what to do with. Parts of us, or life experiences, that somehow don’t seemRead More
In one of the college classes I teach, the topic has been that of loss, grief, and death lately. Most of the students in theRead More
I opted out of the prom my senior year of high school, even though I had three different opportunities to go. I had gone myRead More