“What are you grateful for today and why?” It is a question my listening partner and I ask each other every day and have for nearly 2 years. On some days the answer rolls right off my tongue.  Other days, I take a long pause before answering.  The “pause” has...

Sometimes in life I find myself “stuck”.  And the more “stuck” I feel the more hurried my human gets.  Why does feeling stuck equate to getting busy? Somewhere in my past someone must have told me that action is the answer to everything.  I definitely get “busy”...

Have you ever noticed  your dog staring at the corner of a room but nothing is there?  Have you ever turned to say something when another walks in the room behind you and discovered no one actually came in? Unexplainable energy is all around us.  And though modern...

As I sit in my office writing this I can feel my whole body buzzing.  What is it? That feeling… Since I’ve had my normal amount of coffee I can only assume it is being caused by something else. I feel like I am being pulled in several directions.  In the past, when...

My husband and I drove to Salida Colorado, a little town snuggled in a valley surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. On our way there, I noticed several logged structures that, over time, have become skeletons of their former selves. Since childhood I have loved this kind...

School Is Starting Again! All of my kids are in the Jr/Sr High School…which, of course means I have three teenagers.  I’ve been watching them very closely this year and the emotions surrounding the start of school are different than in years past. The cloud of last...