Our Stories: Are They True or Is It Time for a Reckoning? Hi, everyone! It has been a while since my last post. The past 16 months have been a time of reflection, learning, rethinking, and shifting for me. I find myself in the land of in-between, still marinating, still discovering. I am an…

  Re-Entry: Just Do YOU! My partner and I got to visit with a friend from Chicago recently. We made it clear that we wouldn’t be hanging in our house because I was still not fully vaccinated (I get my 2nd vaccine mid-April). But we found other ways to enjoy each other while respecting this…

  Take Time to Sit, Feel, and Breathe It is so strange to think about what I was doing a year ago today. Life was so different and has possibly changed forever for all of us. We all have experienced so much loss over the past year. We have lost our sense of safety. Grocery…

  Redefining Enough Author Byron Katie has said, “Don’t believe everything you think.” I love this phrase. I actually have it as a bumper sticker. Byron Katie makes this comment because she is very aware that the majority of thoughts that run through all humans’ brains are being generated by the lizard brain; they are…

  Cultivating Creative Ways to Connect Hello, everyone! Long time no chat! It has been a long minute since last I wrote to y’all. I am not going to apologize for my absence. I, along with the rest of the country, have been very distracted by so many things facing the US that I did…