May 5, 2022
My much-needed summer break from my university tutoring gig starts now, and I definitely need it. You may not have a job where you get the summer off, but hopefully, summer will still bring a more relaxed change of pace. Longer days. Vacations. More time outside to play.
Read More →December 29, 2020
This week between the holidays–after Christmas but before New Year’s–has always been my favorite of the year. The hubbub has ceased. There are no expectations. My world becomes quiet. The pace has slowed to almost a complete stop. I feel at rest. This is my time to do nothing but read, reflect, and plan.
Read More →March 19, 2018
I spent my Spring Break week off work in a hospital room in a city an hour away. No, not as a patient. I didn’t experience any excruciating physical pain but I suffered the emotional stress of waiting and watching someone I love hurt. No question that the patient has the harder role, and I […]
Read More →March 22, 2017
Do you ever try to do it all, and in the process, never complete anything? Or fail to do it as well as you’d like? I had to give up on the idea of doing everything a long time ago. It was hard to pry my fingers loose and let go. I like to think of myself as relatively […]
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