Observations on people and life and the lessons we learn along the journey...
You rummage through your closet looking for something to wear and realize it’s all mostly all black clothing (guilty). Sure, that can make you feel like you’re stuck in a rut. But what about the bigger rut, sometimes even a trench, of feeling stuck in your life choices? Here are three things to inspire you …
Here we are at that point in January where the shiny enthusiasm of a New Year’s Resolution might have faded, but the Kondo-closet-cleaning, new exercise and eating routines, or even finding new Netflix shows to binge may all still be on the to-do list. While I have cleaned out some of my bathroom drawers (does …
The last time I was in a parade, I was five years old. It started raining, and my father jumped into the parade to shelter me with his umbrella. I got to march along in my little majorette outfit, oblivious to the rain. Happy memories of being in a Christmas parade, long ago. That was …
The other day when I was grocery shopping, there was a little boy running around in his Superman costume. He was having a ball fake-flying around, clutching his cape with chubby hands and making it lift in the air behind him. You couldn’t help but smile. And it made me think of my older son, …
Lexie Armstrong is bubbly and fun. She’s an easy conversationalist; you just like being around her. But the more you get to know her, the more fascinating she is. Lexie sought out playing polo because of her love of horses, and through that sport, she met her husband (a professional polo player). She’s an accomplished …
Fall is my season of a New Year. Yes, I know January has the branding for it, but the start of school year is so ingrained in me that I always think of the fall season as a time to establish new routines, new patterns of organization, or new ways of self-reflection, like starting a …