Gratitude for Solitude

There are moments, days, weeks or maybe even years that the thing you want most is quiet. Solitude. A moment to reflect. Time to gather yourself and be able to make sense of life, the world, yourself, through your lens only. Through your heart only. There are times when everyone else’s voice, thoughts, take, and…

Thankful Thursday: My Person Part II

I recently had a conversation with “my person” in which we were discussing our changing lives.  We seem to have more time, less friends and yet we still can’t get anything done.  It left us wondering what we currently do with the hours and the age old rhetorical question of where all the time has…

Inspired Gratitude

This week, I began reading a book called, “Thank and Grow Rich.”  It’s not a book about being financially rich, but actually having a full, grateful life.  I have only read the introduction and a few pages of the first chapter, but I am already intrigued. One sentence stood out for me. I am paraphrasing,…

What’s Up 2016?

What’s up 2016? How is it going? Are you still full of hope, ease and grace or are you struggling to not get ahead of yourself? You might be thinking, “Ahead of myself? Are you kidding? I just want to keep my life in sight!” Well, what I mean is are you letting your mind…

Letting Joy In

Week after week it has found us; shock, sorrow, pain, anguish. We haven’t been able to avert our eyes. It has been on every corner, news outlet, every social media site and on the lips of our neighbors, friends and family. Just as the snow blanketed our city this week, so did another act of…

JOY

Sunshine & Sarcasm, Lowi & G