• Unquenchable Love

    ​My husband’s favorite weather is when it’s raining and the sun is out at the same time. Mine is when the sun is shielded by clouds but the sun’s light streams through. It’s as if the clouds try to block...

  • Surviving or Thriving?

    ​I glanced at my office plant and saw a yellowing leaf. My eyes fixated on it as my mind wandered, realizing how in many ways that leaf symbolized human life. Each of us started out vibrant and green,...

  • The Smaller Picture

    > "Inch by inch, anything’s a cinch." ​I heard that Robert Schuller quote while I was in high school, and it stuck with me. It came back to the forefront of my mind recently as I observed the results...

  • Changing Tides

    ​My little girl leaves for college this week. I can’t help wondering if I did everything I could to prepare her for life. Although she’s not leaving forever, her return home will never be the same as...

  • Not Living in the Past

    ​You’ve likely encountered someone or multiple people who tend to live in the past. They’re always talking about the glory days and how good things were back then, wishing they could go back. Maybe that’s...

  • The Importance of Slowing Down

    > “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Sometimes we get distracted and weighed down by the pressures of life — working, paying bills, keeping...