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Tale of Two Dreams
Rich and I have two very distinct dreams for our future. One equal to the other in wants. Neither greater than the other in need. These visions for our future compete and draw attention away from one another with their shiny glimmer of possibility. I have often found...
Social Disney-ing As a Family
Our Walt Disney World family vacation was conceived in determination to get over the year that challenged us. I believed it would be the catalyst to our “back to normal” life and a time we could look back from to see how far we had come. It never It never occurred to me, we would still be in the midst
Creating a Digital Vision
A goal of mine every year is to create a personal/professional vision board for the coming year. A guide for manifesting all I want to accomplish and a way to put the intentions I have set into visual format. As a designer, mood boards have always been a part of the conceptualization of a project.
A Fresh Start
As we stare down the barrel of 2021, I find myself wanting to be intentional with my goals for the coming year. Make every minute count. Do all the little things that lead to that big goal. Yet, for the first time in a long time – I don’t know how to pinpoint what I...
Feel It Coming
I can feel it coming. I know what is ahead. The tell-tale signs; a tightness in my chest, a throbbing heaviness expanding across my forehead, and an anxious… breathlessness caught in my throat. All of this brews within me for some time before eventually oozing out in the form of emotional outbursts and inclinations toward hibernation.
The Gift I Needed
Meet Carolyn Joy. My spunky, fun loving, independent as hell, love-a-bunch youngest child. When this little girl wraps those sweet arms around you, she warms your whole body until you melt into the sweetness of her being She has a larger-than-life personality and everything she does,
A Merry 2020 Christmas
If your family is anything like mine, you have started the discussion of what the dos and don’ts will be for the upcoming COVID-style Christmas. How to keep the celebration and joy while staying safe and healthy?
Reaching for Hope
As I begin this post, I know what the message is in my heart but I don’t exactly know how to express myself through words yet. All I know is life feels so heavy right now and I am yearning for the day when it becomes lighter once again.
Rebuilding in Stages
It all began at 8 am on a Friday morning in August. It had been a long week of back-to-school-during-a-pandemic talks, debates, political opinions and negative social media feeds brimming with controversy. To say it mildly, it had been a long-ass week.
Pivot. Pivot. PIVOT!
Who remembers that one Friends episode – The One with the Cop? Or more specifically, the one when Ross tries to get up his apartment stairwell with a large couch. Whenever someone refers to the need to “pivot” our intention as a means of surviving 2020, I
In My Dreams
Have you ever had a dream that sticks with you? A dream that lingers in your subconscious long after you get out of bed? A series of film-like story lines that form while you are asleep, only to be revisited play-by-play during the days that follow? Do you believe...
Rise Up Survivors!
I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what). I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what). I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what). I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what) - Destiny's Child Ah Survivor by none other than Destiny's...