My House, is a Very Very Fine House
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…
A Beautiful Lesson in the Art of Giving and Receiving
Today I went for a walk, little did I know that I would be taught a most valuable lesson about giving and receiving, from a 4 year old girl. About 1/2 way through my walk I crossed paths with two…
Rain Doesn’t Make a Day Awful, it Just Makes it Wet
Saturday was a plan C sort of day. A few weeks ago my friend Dan invited me to join him and his parents to check out the Tall Ships Festival on the riverfront in Philadelphia. A trip into Philly to spend an afternoon…
Cardboard Boxes, Bottle Caps, and Cats
Sometimes it feels like life is a series of retracted “I’ll never…” statements, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Almost two years ago ago I held Annie and Romeo on my lap for the last time and said a tearful,…
Start with the bigger picture and worry about the details later
Recently I’ve been learning about composition in creating two dimensional art. It’s not just about how the objects relate to each other, it’s also about how the artist relates to the objects. The first step is to decide which components…
GMO Awareness Survey – College Research Project
Are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) good or bad? Supporters believe GMO foods are the next best hope for feeding the planet while critics believe that genetically modified foods are unsafe and are an underlying cause of many of the health and…
Every Little Thing is Gonna Be Alright
It’s almost impossible for me to believe that it’s been 3 months since I first wrote about my 3 Little Birds Project. Where does the time go?! How it All Started It all started with the size and medium that has…
Truth, Knowledge, Happiness – If I write what I really think…
There are no three bigger words in our vocabulary outside of truth, knowledge, and happiness. Each word taunts us, each word beguiles us, each word makes us hope we can figure out why we’re here on earth and what we…
There May be Snow on the Ground, but there is “Spring” in My Step!
It seems that Mother Nature got the wrong memo on Friday. Instead of sending sunshine and flowers for the first day of Spring, she delivered around 5 inches of snow. While the snow won’t stick around for long, according to…
Weekend Shenanigans and Celebrating Friendship
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…