I believe in gratitude. It can forge connections and make us feel less alone in a great big world, like nothing else. Yet sometimes, I take for granted that the people closest to me know how grateful I am for them. I’ll stop by my co-workers office to tell her how awesome those iced sugar cookies …
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Several weeks ago on a Saturday morning, I altered my route from the coffee shop home, walking the opposite way around the block. I turned the corner and ran right into a vampire. (Pictured above.) He’s part of the street art project that’s been going on in Richmond the last two years. I have no …
My holiday weekend (it was the Fourth of July, here in the US), ended with a bit more excitement than I had planned for. Saturday night when I went to bed around 11:00pm I noticed that my eyelids were just a little bit swollen. I’ve had a ongoing issue with some yet to be determined …
Last month marked one year of blogging for me. I can honestly say it is one of the few things in life that I started with a sense of obligation (i.e. “I really should start a blog. Writers have blogs. I then, must also have a blog.”) that ended up enriching my life in ways I never …
A few weeks ago, I read this lovely post on women and connection and support. It has stuck with me (as so many things I read there do) and I have found myself reflecting on the concept of tribe quite a bit; specifically about the shifts and changes in my personal tribe over the years. The …
