Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Five years ago today, I boarded a plane in Omaha, Nebraska and landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a bittersweet day and one that set in motion a series of changes in my life that I never could have foreseen.…
“Sometimes we can panic and fear about the unknown, when all we really have to do is to fully believe everything is working absolutely perfectly for us. Our job is to let go and allow amazing experiences in to our…
It’s impossible for me to believe that in just a little more than six months I am going to be an Empty Nester. Christian is in St. Louis this weekend. He and Jeff went to a concert last night and…
I am a Renaissance woman in more ways than one. The past 3 years and in particular the past twelve months have been explosive and I’ve discovered things about myself that I had no idea were a part of me.…
I had a very special Christmas this year. Jeff and Katie, my two oldest kids, were both able to get the same days off over the holiday. They both flew in on the 21st of December and we had until…
I always wondered why it took so long to make a movie and figured it had more to do with the temperament of the stars than the actual process. Christian’s assignment from his independent film study course was to create…
I secretly wanted to be an actress. In junior high (that’s what we called middle school back in the olden days) I was very active in the drama club and we put on plays and weekly skits at lunch time.…
Do you give money to people who are begging on the street or in front of a store? As a general rule I don’t, I do what 99.9% (made up statistic) of the population does, I look the other way…
Today I took a trip into Philly for a new and different reason. For once the butterflies in my stomach weren’t about missing the train. In fact I didn’t even triple check the number assigned to my parking spot at…
Last night I learned the hard way that one should not try and write a blog post while under the influence of fatigue and preoccupation. I wanted to write about my experience during Sandy, but I was so busy wondering…