Being thankful for the ups. Learning from the downs. Finding adventure in between.
Two days ago, there was a shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, killing 12 people, wounding several others and devastating my hometown. The first thing on my mind when I woke up the next morning was the victims of that shooting and their families. When I turned on the tv, the local news […] Read more…
When the time came this year to start planning a Spring Break trip, it was my tween daughter who suggested New York City. My boyfriend and I had taken the kids to Florida and Washington, DC for previous Spring Breaks, but we were holding off on NYC until we thought the kids were old enough […] Read more…
I never paid much attention to trees or flowers. Sure, I’ve always loved the significance of blooming flowers as a sign that winter’s end is near. But it wasn’t until my first spring season in Japan that I truly fell in love with a tree: the cherry blossom. Cherry blossoms, or sakura as they’re called […] Read more…
Last month I participated in the Real Happiness Challenge. What does that mean? It means I meditated every single day for a month thanks to the daily guided meditations that dropped in my inbox from Sharon Salzberg, meditation teacher for over 40 years and writer of many books on meditation. In fact, years ago when […] Read more…
Planning a trip to Iceland is both exciting and overwhelming. And while many travelers spend the bulk of their time in Reykjavík, Iceland has so much more to offer beyond the country’s capital and largest city. So how can adventurous travelers see more of Iceland? Rent a car and drive the Ring Road. Route 1, […] Read more…
Iceland is known for its volcanoes and glaciers, its waterfalls and geothermal pools, and of course, the Northern Lights and the Blue Lagoon. With all this beauty to see, planning a trip to Iceland can get overwhelming with options. That’s why the Ring Road is a perfect way to see what every region of Iceland […] Read more…
