I always find coming out of Winter the strangest feeling.  I’ve done it every single year of my life…and yet, all the while, Spring just seems brand new.  As though I’m seeing it for the very first time.  The warmth of the sun is so exciting.  The sight of the grass makes me breathless.  Leaving […]

As they stood in the backyard – surrounded by family and friends – the wind blew effortlessly around them.  The leaves fell gently to the ground.  The sweet smell of summer, not yet turned to fall, wrapped us all in its comforting arms. After a week of cold and rain, the sun shone brightly upon […]

When I was a little girl, my grandmother lived with my Mother and I for a few years. She had the bedroom at the front of the house and I could remember waking up and peeking into her room each morning to see if she was awake. She always was. She was usually sitting up […]

Did I ever tell you about the summer that I spent out West? A group of us flew out to B.C., picked up a vehicle and spent the next thirteen weeks traveling across Western Canada.  We hit up some of the country’s biggest events and our only job was to have fun!  Our job was […]

Perfection and I aren’t very good friends.  I’ve chased after it for most of my life…and simply found it ever fleeting.  Constantly slipping between my fingers along with every thing else that I failed to notice in pursuit of the one thing that never really existed to begin with. Perfection is something you notice in […]

I once read that one of the things that ends up defining us the most as individuals is – ironically enough – the people we choose to surround ourselves with on a day-to-day basis.  They influence us…the change us…they become integral parts of who we become. I admit that I haven’t always made the best […]