Finding and Trusting the Truth on a Snowy Walk

I returned to my life-long friend the lake this weekend, and finally found winter. My husband and I took my daughter to Lake Tahoe to celebrate his birthday and play in the snow. I know the snow is a way of life for some of my readers, and far from being special, it’s more of Read More

Roads Not Taken: Trusting the Path

As a young, bookish child, I fell in love with the Choose Your Own Adventure series. If you aren’t familiar with them, they are a series of books for young readers who get to choose what the narrator will do at strategic plot points throughout the story. If you choose A, turn to page…, or Read More

The Miraculous Monarch Migration (and how you can fly too)

Lately, I’ve been reading and reflecting on monarch butterflies. It may sound like a strange thing to think about, but I’m drawn toward the miraculous in nature, and in life. According to National Geographic, the 3000-mile migration of the monarch is one of the greatest natural events on Earth. There are other species on that Read More

Notes from the Homefront

I’ve been telling myself that my pen has gone dry. My keyboard’s gone mute. But, truthfully, I haven’t sat down to write with any intentionality. True, no new inspiring thoughts have scampered across my brain as they do when I’m fully functioning, but I did want to check in with my community and share a Read More