This is going to be really hard to share. I'm sharing it anyway. Midlife overwhelm is real, and somewhere in the writing, I'm hoping to convince myself it was okay, that I was okay, even when I really wasn't. There was a lot of build up before our momentous trip to...
I found photo journaling after years of traditional diaries and journals stopped working. As an adolescent, I found great comfort in writing daily notes and thoughts in a diary and that practice supported me into adulthood as I transitioned to journaling. I have...
"Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as going forward. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s...
“Ah, that long jog after work was so refreshing and energizing!,” said no one. Except maybe me. It was me. In my early 40s, I started to jog and enroll in 5K runs. Initially, it was a way to get back into shape after three pregnancies, but I think the practice staved...
What activities once brought you joy or fulfillment that have quietly slipped away during these past few years? Which one calls to you to be reclaimed, if any, and why?By choice, and without bitterness for many years, my personal joy was scheduled in bits and pieces...
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