When Saying Something Means Everything
“Never suppress a generous thought.” – Camilla Kimball It’s been a hard week. Painful, overwhelming, terrifying — hard. After church on Sunday, I learned that someone had driven a truck […]
Hear Me Out – Jet Lag Can Be The Fresh Perspective You’ve Been Looking For
When’s the last time you felt jet lag – really felt it, your bones and your mind refusing to believe that it’s mid-morning and not the dead of night? Your […]
Are Your Perfect Days Getting Lost In Your Day-To-Day?
My husband and I just returned from a trip to Tahiti, an island about halfway between Australia and South America. It was a fundraising trip for Southern Virginia University, where […]
If You’re So Scared Of Bears, When’s The Last Time You Actually Saw One?
Last week, over the July 4th weekend, our family went to see the new movie “F1.” It was a delightful film, with all the feel-good elements of a redemption arc, […]
After A Motorcycle Crash In A Foreign Country, A Lesson On Showing Up For Others (And Yourself)
Two weeks ago, our son, David, began his six-week trip in Asia with several of his friends. He’d been working full time for over two years, and had been planning this […]
The Beauty Of Springtime Is The Reward Of A Patient S Curve
April’s come and gone, we’re in the thick of May, and I’ll bet there are a lot of folks who don’t know we just missed National Poetry Month. It’s easy […]
Finding Reasons To Laugh This April (Because It’s Good For You)
It’s tough to nail down a single origin story for April Fool’s Day – some point to a line in The Canterbury Tales, others pore through ancient manuscripts for references […]
If You Want To Root Yourself, Learn From The Great Oak Of Boxerwood
A couple of weeks ago, a monstrous oak tree – estimated to have lived around 150 years – ripped free of the ground near where I live in Virginia and […]
A Roadmap for Growth, Connection, and Team Performance
How To Better Embrace The Belief That We Have Something Worth Saying
For this month’s newsletter, I wanted to expand on an idea from last month – about the privilege of writing. When we write anything, whether a novel or an end-of-week […]