Loving and living this life in Seattle
I grew up playing organized and pick-up sports. I played t-ball and baseball in elementary school, ran track in middle school, and fell in love with cheerleading, which required a deep understanding of all the major sports. I ended up cheering for 15 wonderful years from middle school through college, becoming an instant fan of …
I have had a love affair with libraries since getting my first library card in elementary school. Weekly trips to the library were anticipated with the same fervor as Friday’s pizza and Blockbuster movie night. I lived for this weekly outing. Because we lived on the south end of Kansas City in an area considered …
I grew up playing video games. I will never forget the day my dad brought home the highly coveted Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for my brothers and me. I can’t remember our exact reaction, but I am certain shrieks of joy, erratic jumping up and down, and emphatic declarations of love for our dad were …
When I went off to college back in the 1900s (side eye to gen Z), I had three expectations: I would graduate with the knowledge and skill I needed to thrive in my chosen profession; I would meet the man I was going to marry; and I would build lifelong friendships with the people who …
I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn’t enjoy writing. Even from an early age, I was enamored with stories and the collection of words that collaborated to make stories come to life. The written word is a form of cosmic magic. Words transform, transfix, and teleport us to places we dare …
Having boundaries is simply a way of saying this is what I’m okay with and this is what I’m not okay with. Setting boundaries helps us to protect our personal space, our physical and mental health, and our safety and security.
I read something the other day that said middle age is not 50 as we commonly say. Rather, it’s more between 38-45 because the life expectancy of the average person is 75-90 and not 100. Most people don’t live to be 100. Talk about a gut punch of reality! Before I go any further down …
The older you get, the more you struggle with time management. Adulthood is just super full of obligations and a bunch of “have-tos” that quite frankly none of us asked for. And if we did, we didn’t know the full extent of what was going to be required of us. I don’t have to tell …
We are more than the things we produce and our worthiness is not measured in productivity.
The Winter Solstice really got me thinking about how much I need to prioritize rest because at its core, winter in the US and the Pacific Northwest is all about rest.