the gift of moments

Seeking Moments Challenge Day 1 of 30: Footprints and Mind Games

Good morning!  Here I am showing up as promised!  If you read to the end of yesterday’s post, you may have seen that I announced, in an effort to insert some control into this chaos that I am living in, that I am aiming to write, every day, for the next 30 days. My goal?  To shift my perspective from… Read More

Trying to hold onto my life, celebrating stillness, while washed over by chaos.

Under the Cloak of COVID.

Hi, friends. It’s been a minute. I have missed writing so much and while I am not sorry for my silence, I feel I owe an explanation in the hopes that perhaps some of you may find yourself feeling some of these same feels and might benefit from knowing you are not alone. I don’t have a formal excuse or… Read More

I am part of the problem.

I am part of the problem.  The world is on fire. Centuries of pain and suffering and discrimination and death have hurt and haunted people of color in this country and beyond.  This fire that has been swirling for eons has ignited a screaming sky-high flame now bigger than any one of us….and it’s engulfing the world.  At this point, this… Read More

Quarantine Living Au Naturale

Streaks of silver frame my face now. I am a proud member of the umpteenth generation of Irish family and ancestors who possess thick, curly, brown hair….we never thin or go bald, but we sure do gray prematurely. I remember discovering my first gray as a teen. Shocked and sad, I hoped it was just a fluke. Slowly though, more… Read More

Lessons on Control, Learned From My Yoga Mat

Raise your hand if you like control. ??‍♀️ Any ‘80s babies out there who liked Janet Jackson’s song Control as much as I did? ??‍♀️ Turns out that so much of our journeys through life all loop back around to the fact that control is simply an illusion.  I am a runner. I’ve spent seasons of my life running and… Read More