Walk. Stop. Look around. Beauty is everywhere. We live in such an amazing world. ♥️ … [Read more]
Exquisite Beauty is all Around Us
Broken and More Beautiful than Ever
Have you ever heard of the Japanese art of Kintsugi? It is the art of repairing broken pottery by mending it with gold and silver. Once the pottery has been mended, it looks even more beautiful and is stronger having been broken. People who … [Read more]
Upstairs Downstairs
Stairs. I love stairs. I love the accomplished feeling of getting to the top and the positive feeling of getting to the bottom. I'm finding my life's journey is all about stairs. No sooner do I get to the top, feeling accomplished I've … [Read more]
Stabbed? Shot? No, only vaccinated.
I am a huge believer in rewarding yourself when you've done something you didn't really want to do or when you do something hard. That was me today. I got shot one of the Pfizer COVID vaccination. I'm not a big fan of putting foreign material in … [Read more]
Spring
Spring is in the air and there is a promise of a fresh start. I see buds and think, what will this spring blossom into? I am hopeful, forever optimistic, that COVID will slowly stop taking over our lives and that we will enter into a new normal. … [Read more]
Small acts of Kindness
Yesterday, I was given this beautiful bouquet from some students picked from our own school garden. It warmed my heart and made my day. Every single time I look at them I feel happy, loved, and positive. I am grateful that there is a teacher, … [Read more]
Light and Dark
Here's to a week of ups and downs. A life filled with happiness and sadness, light and dark. Here's to resilient spirits and people who persevere despite it all. Here's to the friendships that lift you up and out of dark moments. Friends … [Read more]
Don’t Fall In
Life....it's filled with holes....things that trip you up. You see it, you know it's there, and yet for some reason you trip over it or fall in. Let me remind you, if you see them coming, you can jump over them. Go around them. You don't have … [Read more]
Take the Time
I have learned, over time, to take the time to enjoy life. You can enjoy life in little moments with those you care about. It can be a quick visit or an extended one but what is important is to connect. Those connections make life worthwhile. … [Read more]
Where there’s a will…there’s a way
I sat watching, young adults, one after the other, surfboards in hand, go around or climb over one fence just to encounter another. There they maneuvered their way down a steep path and then rocks to make their way to the beach. It's like my dad … [Read more]
Just be cool
When you're in the midst of a tough time....just be cool. Things will take a turn and the tough time will turn around. Challenges come and go to teach us and help us grow. So trust the process and cruise through it. Be cool and just go along for … [Read more]
Blurry-eyed
Right now it is difficult to clearly see how the next three months will unfold. Once again, I'm being asked to do the impossible in my profession. I will do it but it will come at a cost to myself, my family, and my friends. I know "this too … [Read more]