Reflections

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Winter’s Rest

Winter’s Rest

After a full, long year, moments of rest and reflection seem fleeting in the face of 2023, don't they? Counting down the days and hours until we "begin again" take on a fever pace as we are conditioned to look back, tally up all our accomplishments, celebrate our wins, plan to better our "failures", and jump into a New Year,…
December 31, 2022

2018 in Review – Another Year in the Books!

Despite my sporadic presence here this year, I simply could not let us slip into 2019 without a review of 2018, now could I?! It seems as though the thing to do these days instead of making a resolution or two to kick off a new year is to pick a word as a theme to focus on in the…
December 31, 2018
The Autumn Slide

The Autumn Slide

What a summer it's been! I swear to you that I've written this post at least 15 times in my head over the past few weeks, updating it as new things have happened and trying to pull seconds out of free minutes to put pen to paper (or cursor to screen, if you will). I've thought around how to communicate months…
September 10, 2018

Just like that…

I didn't believe the adults in my life who told me, when I was still young and free and hadn't a care in the world, that the older I'd get, the faster time would pass. And yet, here I sit on the third day of a brand new year, wondering where the time has gone. It's true that 2017 went by…
January 3, 2018
If we were having coffee and bizcochitos

If we were having coffee and bizcochitos

If we were having coffee,  I'd greet you with a great big hug (if you're amenable to such things) and tell you how happy I am to see you! It's been far too long since we've sat together and I'm so very happy you're here! I'd ask you how you're doing, how your family is, and how your holidays are…
December 23, 2017

Concussed

Five weeks ago, Kim fell down the stairs on her way to grab a late-night snack and gave herself a concussion. I heard the tumble from our bedroom and rushed down to find her sitting on the second step from the bottom, cold tea spilt everywhere, with her head in her hands. I checked her eyes for dilation and she…
October 16, 2017