Being thankful for the ups. Learning from the downs. Finding adventure in between.
Curaçao is a Dutch Caribbean island that’s a three hour flight from Miami and about 40 miles north of Venezuela. While my boyfriend and I tend to choose vacation spots that offer more adventures than we have time for, this trip was all about enjoying some much-needed down time. Our trip to Curaçao was supposed […] Read more…
Sometimes I hold my breath without knowing it. It’s usually when I’m acutely stressed or deep in concentration. But once I realize I’m not breathing, the sweet release of the long exhale brings me back to the present. Then I take a deep inhale, hold for two beats and let the second long exhale calm […] Read more…
The parking lot wasn’t crowded when I pulled my car into a spot outside the Emergency Room at my local hospital around 2:45am on that Tuesday morning in mid-September. In pain, I hobbled through the automatic doors, hoping that my middle of the night arrival and the nearly empty waiting room would translate to a […] Read more…
The kids’ Spring Break was a month away. Mother Nature was dropping subtle hints of warmer temperatures. Businesses were slowly easing COVID restrictions. I already secured that week off from work. The big question was: What should we do? Planning a getaway with two teenagers presents limitations we didn’t have when the kids were younger. […] Read more…
In 2017 I decided to ditch the idea of New Year’s Resolutions in exchange for one simple word. That word would carry me through the new year, reminding me of all I wanted it to represent based on my past, present and future. As I continue to collect annual words, they’ve gone beyond resolutions and […] Read more…
As we prepare to say farewell to a tough, bizarre year, I’m reflecting on what my 2020 brought me while looking forward to a hopeful 2021. So what did my 2020 look like? The new decade started with a new doctor on my quest to figure out my headaches: a neuro-ophthalmologist. He brought me full […] Read more…
