New Year’s Eve – a time for resolutions, new beginnings, and change. But this past year has been a time of such growth and opportunity that I can’t imagine wanting 2016 to be different. So instead of making resolutions,…

 Two years ago, I started this site with a post about pink shoes. I want to revisit the shoes and to say that it’s not about the shoes as much as it is our mindset. It’s about our right to…

Two days after Christmas and I want to say that I had one of the best holidays ever!  It was a fabulous couple of days and I got just what I wanted, there were no tears, no drama, and everyone…

  Last night I went to bed with all of the tasks before me swirling in my head.  I asked that I would get a vision of the perfect path to follow today, the perfect way to get it done.…

This time of year, rushing around and getting ready for the holidays, I have been known to get a wee bit stressed.  All the pressure that I put on myself to make things right, to help my family, to cook…

 I was never able to pull all nighters. I would try to study and instead, my thoughts would get really fuzzy. Sleep seemed to scream at me, “You can’t go on!” And I would give in.  Movies, even funny ones,…

I spend a lot of times in a state of wonder.  I wonder why you did the thing(s) you did.  I wonder why you approached the problem the way you did.  I wonder what you are/were thinking? For the things…

How many times have you heard, “Save for a rainy day!” or “Guard against the downside.”?  Both of those phrases, and many, many more, are warnings that people share out of their concern for your well being, or so they…

I am officially on vacation.  And it makes me wonder, why I have a hard time wrapping my head around “time off”.  Even though I’m off at this time, the rest of the university is not.  This means that there…

So my challenge is over.  Did I win anything?  Nothing material.  But I learned that I might not be able to fit in writing every day, but I can fit it in most days.  But why?  Why would I want…