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New Adventures

Humbled, excited to serve, to grow, and learn… When I was 22 years old, living in England (Kensington, London) for a summer with an internship and college course, I had a wonderful professor who told me I was smart. I had gone my whole life up to this point, without ever hearing those words. HeContinue reading “New Adventures”

New Year, New Habits

“If you don’t use it, you lose it.” I am sure we have all heard this quote. It goes for about everything, including your body and mind. When you don’t use your mind, your body; strength starts to fade, memory gets slower, the movement gets harder, it hurts or takes more work, your mental capacityContinue reading “New Year, New Habits”

Your Word for 2023

What is your Word for 2023? Wow, time flies, and I can’t believe that we are at the end of the year! Many of us like to take stock of what we did, accomplish, didn’t accomplish and what we have to look forward to in 2023. Each year, our goals, objectives, focuses, etc. change dependingContinue reading “Your Word for 2023”

Readers Become Leaders

“I cannot live without books.” Thomas Jefferson, 1815, in a letter to John Adams. As a small child and through elementary school, I was a poor reader. I remember being in low-reading classes, struggling to sound out words, and I didn’t like to read. It was hard. I would stumble through words, not making properContinue reading “Readers Become Leaders”

Managing the Holidays

It is almost here… it dawned on me yesterday as we were running through a Super Target Store packed with people, that there is only 1 more Saturday before Christmas?!?! How did we get to December and to Christmas so fast? Where does the time go? Our lives are so busy, so full of life,Continue reading “Managing the Holidays”

Holidays

When I work up this morning, my mind went blank. I usually have a topic to write about that has been rolling around in my head for the week. I also usually write it out over the weekend and have it ready for today, to post. Part of the challenge is the fact that IContinue reading “Holidays”

Wintering Early

Too Soon to Hate the Cold… I have heard so many people talk about hating the season of winter, snow, cold, wind, etc. already and it’s only November 20th! It’s not technically winter yet and we have a long couple of months to go. Seasons are part of life. We all know that winter willContinue reading “Wintering Early”

Never too early…

Research shows that decorating your home early for Christmas and other holidays, makes people happier. I agree and love to put up our holiday decorations at the end of October. Bring on the holidays! If you are an early decorator, you are my people. For one thing, decorating takes me a couple weekends, in phases.Continue reading “Never too early…”

Lume Exhibit

I love art and enjoy going to art museums and historical homes! As well as gardens and landscapes. I find the color and design inspirational and moving. For my birthday, I got tickets to the Newfields Indy Museum of Art Lume exhibit and it didn’t disappoint! The exhibit is interactive and a submersion in theContinue reading “Lume Exhibit”

Trip out East

22 Hours in a Car with a Toddler… Enough said for anyone who has traveled with a toddler in a car. Our trip out east was 11 hours there and back with 2 kids, 3 adults, and the toddler who hates her car seat and stroller. Fun times. But we survived and had a wonderfulContinue reading “Trip out East”