I hit a wall last weekend.  There had been news reports that perhaps this virus situation could last eighteen months, and I was feeling, frankly, despondent.  I spent a day and a half really [...]

Lately I’ve noticed something— that dancing might be the answer to a lot of things.  I already danced a lot around my kitchen when I was feeling good.  I love nothing more than dancing [...]

I tend to be a positive and hopeful person, but I’ll admit that yesterday I was feeling DOWN.  There is so much going on in the world right now (and in my home state of California), that it [...]

I finished a piece of work I’m really proud of this week.  I’ve been working on it for months, and I think the final product is really good.  I have submitted it to my dream [...]

A few weeks ago, I was in LA and went for a walk along the beach from Santa Monica to Venice.  As I was walking, I looked up and noticed a building that had the word “fun” painted in [...]

I love giving compliments. I’ve made a conscious effort to notice good things about people around me and point them out ever since I was in college.  But I’m not as good at letting [...]

I’ve been thinking lately about times I didn’t follow my heart.  About times I could hear a voice inside telling me something wasn’t right, but I chose to overlook it.  Many times I [...]

It started like every other drive to my son’s school.  We had just dropped my daughter off at her bus stop, and we were laughing, listening to music, and hoping to make it to his school on [...]

I love when people surprise you in an awesome way, and that happened to me this week. Last Saturday, we said goodbye to our dog Lucy, who we’ve had for fourteen years, since a few short months [...]

I was sitting in unexpected traffic yesterday on my way to pick my son up from camp.  I’d already panicked when I realized I was probably going to be late and made plans to have my husband [...]

I did something I’ve never done before this summer: I set out on the summer with no goals.  Nothing I planned to accomplish.   Actually, that’s not entirely true.  I had two goals: [...]

I’ll be honest—this has been a hard year for me.  Between a child facing challenges (some of them involving sleep, which is really affecting me too), and multiple family members facing [...]