Creating your own beautiful and orderly life.

Every time I sit down to write, I become paralyzed. The tape that plays in my squirrel brain is that this blog has to support something big

I kinda dig chaos. It's a pattern. And it's a pattern that I have come to accept and appreciate about being me. As I continue to meet new...

The trouble with telling the truth all of the time is that you can't tell the truth all of the time. One of my all-time favorite steam...

As I have mentioned on this blog before, for the last year I have been reading the daily gospel every morning. I read it and often have...

Some of us like narrow gates and hard ways. And some of us don't. I like that about people. Every time I feel myself "bushwhacking"...

Walk somewhere new today Ponder while you wander Look around Keep your eyes peeled You will likely see new things Or better yet, feel new...

I recently had the luxury of going on a four-day silent retreat. The retreat director was a life-long Jesuit and college professor. Over...

I hope you love where you live. I hope as you come and go from your home, that you enjoy coming back home. Pulling into the driveway....

Sparkles, the dog, died in February. Since then, I have been creatively and spiritually clogged up. I still have violent thoughts every...

I am not a quiet person but find myself wishing I was...a little quieter. Over the years, Chris has often provided me feedback when he...

What I love about being in new cities and exploring new terrain is that you are NEVER SURE things are going to work out as planned. It’s...

I had to move gyms due to construction at mine and now find myself in a sauna, often full of a dozen people, sitting knee to knee...

When I met my now husband, I made my short-sighted intentions very clear. I had no intentions of getting married and no interest in...

My oldest son and I had the privilege of a non-traditional Thanksgiving with a rare 72-year old bird. We will call him Dad. Last summer,...

Words. I love words. But I hate diagnoses. I have never been to therapist or psychologist and told my story, I love a good mystery. For...

May you listen to your body. May you listen to your heart. When it's time for new terrain, please go and find it. When change is...

Yeah, I said bitchy -- but I really mean bitchy and thoughtful. My relentlessly bitchy and thoughtful friend's name is Girlfriend. It is...

As a part of a leadership program years ago, I was asked to write a personal brand statement. What is my personal brand today? What do I...

Meet Debra, my bonus Mom. I took this photo of her while riding Amtrak from St. Paul, MN to Glacier Park, MT. It was a 24-hour overnight...