Each New Season Brings JOY

Each New Season Brings JOY

I  love this time of year.  For me this time of year always feels like a new beginning. This began when I first went to kindegarten.  Walking into Mrs. Erdle’s class, I felt like I had finally arrived.  My mother had arranged for me to start school early, so at the...
Your New Best Friend

Your New Best Friend

On the first day of 5th grade I walked to my bus stop and for the very first time, I made that walk by myself. For many years I had walked there with my older sisters. They decided to abandon me and had moved on to middle school. I was so nervous walking to that bus...
A Melt Down To Beauty

A Melt Down To Beauty

“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.” – -Richard Bach
  I have read this quote and quoted it many times.  In past days I have seen it as...
The Danger of Self Care

The Danger of Self Care

I have been on a Self Care journey for the last several years.  There came a time where I hit a place in my life when I knew I needed change.  I didn’t want change for I had become comfortable with my life, in all its chaos. Yet I knew my soul would die if I stayed in...
Have a History Making Day

Have a History Making Day

Some Days are just like that… A little (or a lot) difficult. I had a day like that recently.  I got emotionally sucker punched, yet again. I keep thinking I’m ready for it, know it’s coming and yet when it does, I am surprised.  The good news is that...