Hope for 2018

Have you done this “word” of the year? It’s a thing. I only know of it and never really got it. I’ve had plenty of ideas for New Year plans or goals, but not really resolutions. I love love LOVE New Year’s Day. Renewal. Clean slate. Deep breaths and here we …

Going Back in Time

I just read an article about someone wishing for a time machine so she could go back to the 1950s. I was at a Christmas party a week or so ago and someone said with longing in her throat adding an ache to the words, “Oh, to be in my …

Culture Shock

We’ve lived in Texas a few months now and it’s surprised me how easy it’s been and yet, how different it is. I remember moving here in high school and having the same feeling. And I had it in Costa Rica too– with the added boost of a new language. …

Christmas Wish Lists

I’m not really on anyone’s Christmas Shopping List anymore. I don’t say that in a whiny way, it just is a sign of the times. I’m single. My oldest is out of the house. My youngest doesn’t’ shop yet. It’s just one of those things. I do have a couple …