When I first saw this picture, something clicked for me. I had recently published a blog post that was titled “Slow Progress is Still Progress”. My daughter and I had seen a man walking and she observed that he had only moved a short distance since we had first seen...
The thought of creating a budget, or even thinking about a budget causes some people serious anxiety. Many of us hear the word budget and immediately think of “financial handcuffs” or cutting back on the things we love. The irony is, if used properly, a budget...
I have a seven year old. She loves to spend. This is not something that has just started. When I took her to the stores when she was younger, she would ask to swipe and sign. She was between 2 and 3. This has not changed. She uttered her first word as we were walking...
As I sit here contemplating how quickly the year has gone by, and how fast we are approaching Thanksgiving Day this week, I have to take a moment to pause and reflect. My overall sense of the year is feeling a deep gratitude. So many things have taken place....
This year, it feels like my home has seen more construction than in the previous nine years combined. The irony is, as a planner, these are things that I would have planned and thought through, but as the opportunities presented themselves, I jumped on them –...
When I first heard this song on the radio, I turned it up, as I sat wide eyed, nodding in full agreement. This singer, had captured all the words I would have said, if I knew how to articulate them. For some reason, the name of the song and singer did not update on...
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