Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
The ordinary, watched until it turns funny or true.
As a natural born talker, hello is a word that comes easily to me and I've seldom regretted extending a smile and a greeting to a person in line at the grocery store, at a restaurant (if they're sitting next to me), at volunteer picnics, you name it if it's a setting with people I'm likely to engage with at least one person.
“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.” ~ Marianne Williamson My life has included many different cities and states and…
My move to Update NY has been a tough one for a variety of reasons, one of them being, it’s been challenging to build community and make friends. Something I’ve prided myself on finally learning how to do when moving…
Well, I can’t say that I’d intentionally plan my travel experiences over Thanksgiving, but as always, one can turn it into a good story. My flights were actually on time, other than a really long layover in Chicago, the flying…
Last week, as I was writing about the unexpected and sometimes strange twists in my life over the past 11 years, a thought occurred to me – I don’t think I’ve ever shared the reason I named my blog “Angels…
It’s a little hard to wrap my head around the fact that I’ve moved four times in the past 11 years. First from a five-bedroom house in Omaha, NE to a three bedroom apartment in Yardley, a township in Pennsylvania,…
“I’ve suffered a great number of catastrophes in my life, most of which have never happened.” ~ Mark Twain There have been times in my life when I feel like I’ve jumped out of the frying pan into the fire,…
I grew up in the Midwest and there was nothing better than a warm Spring day to shake off the chill of winter and enjoy being outside. As the days heated up, the countdown for school letting out for summer…
Five years ago is a summer I will never forget and am glad that I can now look back on it with laughter instead of tears. In July of 2010, my life as a single mom and sole provider for my youngest son…
Seven years ago, I stumbled across an online community for wannabe triathletes as well as triathlon veterans, not a place I’d ever have imagined myself fitting in. Much to my surprise, through online fitness challenges, mentoring forums, and individual training blogs…