Paris adventure for Christmas, yes please! We are waiting in Chicago (6 hour layover in exchange for $450 tickets) and I’m watching my 12 year old practice her Irish Dance steps in a corner near our gate. Happy and excited that this idea, a few years old now, is turning into reality. Reflecting on 2018 …
I have so much gratitude for my father in law. In the weeks following his first hospital stay he shared a vision with me. A desire to connect the stories of his life with his values for living and create a tangible piece of himself to leave behind. This seed of an idea has grown …
Conflict is taking 30 minutes to fill out an application and then letting your mouse hover over the send button for the rest of the day. I was looking for something to help me focus. Something that would help me figure out a way to tell the stories I was obsessing about. But was this …
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Honestly friends, is a name really that important? I know I’m still haunted by 8th grade Shakespeare. And while I tend to agree with Juliette “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” I have found names to be very important. Especially in researching family …
Telling our stories, telling your story, in a meaningful way can change the world. Funneling an entire life into a few minutes can be an overwhelming task. Such an undertaking can cause devastating procrastination. When my father in law asked me to tell his story he was already ill. When he died before we could …
Being 1 of 30,000 souls attending a live music show always makes my heart happy. I feel so connected to the music, the people, the world and so very present in the moment. A moment that will never happen again and every single time I feel like I’m in the middle of it. As many …
There is nothing I love more than stretching my birthday celebration out over several days. As soon as my daughter is done celebrating her birthday (also this month) I kick off at least a two week celebration of all the things I love: friends, live music and food. I didn’t always love celebrating my birthday. …
There is nothing like a song to bring you back to a specific moment or memory. I love the power of music to transport us. I feel it in the very moment and at a live concert I feel the energy of it all and can get completely lost in the music. I also love …
I’ve been thinking about where I grew up a lot lately. Maybe it’s the focus on the Where I’m From Poem, or that the last few books I’ve read have mentioned Nova Scotia. I’m sure they mention all sorts of places. But Nova Scotia is where I grew up and it stands out and the …
There are movies that stop me in my tracks every time they come on. Movies that feel like an old friend has dropped by for a cup of tea or more realistically a drop of whiskey. For me, Field of Dreams is one of those movies. I know what you’re thinking. This is not the greatest …