We Are the Sum of Our Choices

"Want a pickle?" - I heard a voice from behind me when I was sitting on the bleachers at my oldest son's baseball game yesterday. I...

I have never in my life had a green thumb. In fact, my thumb is black as midnight. People give me live plants and flowers and I admire...

Now that I'm a homeowner, I'm responsible for ensuring that my lawn is mowed on a regular basis. Much to my surprise, I actually really...

Since my last blog post, I've had a birthday. I'm now 44 years old. One more year went down in history as I said goodbye to 43. It was a...

Remember those books where you choose from multiple options and depending on which choice you make, your story unfolds in different ways?...

Do you ever find yourself mesmerized by the dancing flames of a fire? The way they travel the length of the firewood and the logs crackle...

I close my eyes. Take a deep breath. Hear the silence surrounding me. And I reflect... I think about my life and all of the experiences...

It's Mother's Day. A bittersweet holiday for me in general for a few reasons. But I'm not going to blog about those. I am going to blog...

I was in the car yesterday with my youngest son, Jacob, and we were talking about the scar on the back of my hand. It's a new one - I got it from a cut a few weeks ago when I was carrying a TV downstairs and caught the corner of it on my hand. I was lamenting about my scar and how ugly it was, holding it up against the sunlight. He simply looked at me and said, "Mom, it's part of you now, you just need to accept it. Scars represent where we've been." I know he's righ

When I'm having a busy week (which is most weeks lately), I tend to misplace things more often around my house. And then I find them in...

The other day, I spent twenty minutes searching for my car keys so I could get out the door to work. I have a bad habit of losing them....

When my dad passed away, I inherited something of his that was always an interesting conversation piece. It's a life-size knight in...

Patterns are all around us - in the pictures we take, the books we read, the dreams we have, even in the ordinary things that surround us...

Do you ever have the opportunity to be still and listen to nothing? Depending on what stage of life you are in, that answer may vary. I'm...

Time. The cadence of our lives is dictated by the concept of 60 minutes in every hour, 24 hours in every day, 365 days in every year...

This week was tough. I mean REALLY tough. There were a few days when I just wanted to throw up my hands and curl into a ball and cry. ...

You know those seemingly random things that happen to you every single day? The bits and pieces of your life that collectively paint the...

Yesterday, I was getting my house in order for a poker party with family. Running around with my music blaring, tidying up, and making...

There's a special place in my heart for one particular mountain on this earth. It symbolizes hope and love and an experience I had with...

Ah...the infamous "bucket list." I'm sure you've all heard that term before. Some of you may have a list written down with this actual...