Being thankful for the ups. Learning from the downs. Finding adventure in between.
My cabin fever started the minute coronavirus canceled my spring trip to Curaçao. It was early on in the quarantine, but as the pandemic continued altering plans and changing lifestyles, that tiny nagging daydream of a change of scenery grew into a desperate need to get in a car and go. Travel is an important […] Read more…
When my boyfriend started suggesting date night ideas for our upcoming fifth anniversary of our first date, COVID-19 wasn’t yet a global pandemic. The threat of the new coronavirus hadn’t yet closed schools, canceled events or shut down restaurants for dining in. We were free to plan a fun night out without worrying about quarantines […] Read more…
The coronavirus quarantine officially kicked off for my family when the kids’ schools announced a two-week closure at the end of the day on Friday, March 13, 2020. Friday the 13th. Seems appropriate. Coronavirus was already a scary addition to the daily news by then, but it wasn’t really until the week leading up to […] Read more…
Decembers are filled with abundance. An abundance of festivities. An abundance of desserts. An abundance of days off from work. An abundance of wine. As much as I love all of those abundances, by the end of the year, I’m over it. By New Year’s Eve, my body is screaming at me to stop overeating, […] Read more…
When I realized a few weeks ago that not only was I about to greet a new decade, but I was also about to celebrate this blog’s 10th anniversary, I went back to the beginning and reread my first post. Then I read my second. And my third. As I continued scrolling through day after […] Read more…
A handful of years ago I decided to abandon the traditional New Year’s resolutions in favor of one simple word. Instead of making a list of goals I never seemed to achieve, I wanted to focus on a single word that encompassed the overall tone I wanted for the year ahead based on everything that […] Read more…
