My One Word for 2022

This will be the eighth year I've opted to select One Word for my focus going into the new year instead of resolutions. I began this in 2015 after Entrepreneur was diagnosed with renal cell cancer in late 2014. As you can see, the past seven years have spanned quite a few topics. One Word …

Thankful Thursday: Christmas

I look forward to Christmas every year. It's all I can do to wait until after Thanksgiving to turn on Christmas lights, put up the tree and play Christmas songs. It does irritate me to see Christmas decorations in the stores alongside Halloween, but I've been guilty of sneaking a few peeks at the end …

Awe deprivation

When was the last time you were awe-struck about something? I look around and everyone's eyes are fixated on some type of screen. We are turned inward. Human interaction seems to be at an all-time low as people go about their own business, sometimes looking but rarely seeing the world around them. The mundane is …

36 hours of pure wonder

Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius. ~E. O. Wilson Last Sunday was a day like no other. I was picking tomatoes in the garden before I left for Peanut's birthday party when I looked down and saw a hummingbird on the ground. Hummingbirds in my yard are a …

Almost four years to the day….

If you are friends with me on Facebook, you already know this, but I wanted to share it with Thankful Thursday this week because a lot of things happened for which I am forever thankful. A thing happened last week. Entrepreneur was having headaches for the past few weeks so we called to move up …