celebrate

As a child, I always loved celebrations. Birthdays were an opportunity to make loved ones feel special, and holidays were an excuse to gather with friends and family.  Now, I…

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small steps forward

How do you feel about working out?I have a love/ hate relationship with it.I love how I feel when I work out regularly.I don't like it when I haven't been…

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up to something great

This photo was just about a year ago. It was the night before I started my first coaching course. Looking back, I remember feeling both terrified and thrilled. I have…

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15 years!

And here we are today, celebrating our 15th Anniversary. (Well, a week ago yesterday.) We're happier together now than we've been for the past decade. What??!! Yes, it's true. Our…

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oh, THAT magic

continued... By the spring of 2019, 6 months into voluntary unemployment, I was more miserable and unhappy than ever. It was wearing on my family. My marriage was on edge…

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what magic?

When I came across Jenna's post in February of 2019 (see previous post), I was six months into voluntary unemployment. My husband loving refers to it as my mid-life crisis.…

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magic

Do you know what your magic is? I didn't. When I first scrolled to this post in February of 2019, I sat and stared at it. Hard. For a long…

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it is within you

Do you know you have control? Do you know you get to choose how to be; how to handle things? Do you know that it is within? I’ve had two…

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brave

This is my husband. He’s been talking about wanting to do portrait photography, and he lights up every time he starts talking about it. He has a vision and knows…

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but yesterday I laughed

Yesterday I had a bonus day off- it was unplanned, and I was excited to have off a day during the week. They reported 5 inches of snow on the…

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