'Good' is a hard view to see sometimes and that is ok...... Lately, I've been thinking a lot about change. Some changes arrive gently. The trees begin to bloom. The days grow longer. A vacation ends and routines return. We notice the shift, but it doesn't shake us. In fact, some changes are welcomed. A new opportunity. A fresh start. A dream we've been waiting for. These are the changes we often celebrate. But then there are the other changes. The ones we don't choose. The on

Sometimes it only takes one piece...to help the picture make sense. Have you ever looked back on a season of your life and realized you couldn't see what was happening while you were living it? At the time, it felt confusing. Maybe even unfair. Nothing seemed to make sense. But years later, you look back and think: "Oh......now I see." Sometimes life can be a little like putting together a puzzle. When you first open the box, all you see are scattered pieces. Some seem import

Because What In Life Is Ever Truly Certain? Being back in Colorado, I’ve been thinking a lot about uncertainty… About how rarely we can fully see what’s ahead while we’re living through it. We don't know where the path is leading. One moment I feel hopeful because Luna is resting comfortably beside me… and the next, fear quietly creeps back in while we wait for answers from the vet about what comes next. I’m learning that uncertainty has a way of exhausting us in places peop

When I was three years old, my father was in the hospital. The prognosis was not hopeful. The doctors didn’t expect him to survive.❤ My mother decided we would bring Christmas to him; in the hospital lobby. Yet, the doctors granted the permission for him to leave the hospital for one night only ~ Christmas Eve ~ and then he would need to return. It was meant to be a brief, tender goodbye wrapped in holiday lights, prayers and forced smiles. But something happened. Prayers w

“You’ve changed.” Sometimes those words are spoken with a raised eyebrow, almost like an accusation. But change is as natural—and as necessary—as the seasons themselves. Look at the leaves in autumn. Do they resist turning gold, scarlet, and amber? Do they whisper, “What if I’m not vibrant enough? What if no one sees me?” Of course not. The leaves simply let go of what they’ve been, trusting that their transformation is part of a greater rhythm. We, too, experience seasons of

Have you every felt like starting a new venture was exciting, crazy, intimidating, eventful, overwhelming, and just plaining daunting? The old thought patterns of 'not being enough' or 'not good enough' return. Yikes, old thought patterns feel "yucky" for lack of a better word and then thinking, that's a great word because that is how those old thought patterns feel. Like a baby spitting out sweet potatoes. But then our mature self, our enlightened self, shows up, takes us ge