Lagniappe: A Little Extra

I took a hiatus from this blog back in April, but after a busy, productive summer and with the start of a new school year, I realized just how much I missed writing and how much I have to say, and blogging seems to be a way to accomplish both of these goals. The blog […]

Birthday Gratitude

People have asked if I will keep the blog after today, and the answer is yes! It will get a new name, and I won’t likely post everyday, but more on that transition later this week. I plan to use it much as I have these last 3 months in reflecting on and learning from […]

Day by Day=90 days!

A dear friend posted this over the weekend, and it reminded me how important the day to day choices and decisions we make can add up to produce amazing results in life. Day in and day out, we go through our routines, and then something happens or you have an experience where you’re reminded that […]

Digging Deep

I’ve been dealing with a bit of frustration and disappointment over the last week or so, and as a result, my work-out routine as well as my blog writing has been inconsistent and out-of-sorts. I actually convinced myself that I didn’t actually need to work-out, which hasn’t really happened in months. Lucikly, it only lasted […]

Life Rules

This hangs in our family room, and almost every morning, I read from it. I don’t necessarily succeed in living all these rules on a daily basis, but given so many of my life experiences and memories, I do try to live in a way that I practice the following as often as possible: Be […]

April

As much as I love April because it is my birth month and because another academic year transitions to summer, it is also often the cruelest month as we reflect on all that still needs to be done and the short amount of time we have to do it. April is the cruellest month, breeding […]

Plans

This is much, much, easier said than done, but deliberate breathing always helps. 🙂 “You don’t always need a plan sometimes you just need to breath, trust, let go, and see what happens”

Keeping Calm?

I’m pretty sure I might have posted something like this before, but it’s a good one. 🙂

Dare to do it

You can’t always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes, you have to dare to do it because life is too short to wonder what could have been.