My brother is so cool. He’s fifteen. He’s 6’2″. He’s in that fun life stage somewhere in between playing with action figures and planning retirement. He loves music. The other day he commented to my mom, “I just feel happiest when I’m playing music.” He had the huge honor of being named first chair tuba…
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Crafting, Talking, Cupcakes and Mirror Notes
Sometimes I get peopled out. I work around loads of people — coworkers and patients — all of whom need parts of my time and attention. Sometimes I joke that being an Occupational Therapist is like being a professional cheerleader. I have to encourage people to do things that are difficult and give lots of…
Justice and God
Ever since I attended Passion last year, my ears have pricked up when I hear the word “justice.” I heard about the atrocities in the world in real and all too near ways. Passion focused on the plight of 27 million men, women, and children in the world who are currently in slavery. There is…
My Resolutions?
So after all my high brow talk about making resolutions… some of you have asked what MY resolutions are for 2013! I’m glad you asked! (And thanks for reading 🙂 In 2013 I am resolved to: 1. Write at least 100 blog posts. I truly feel healthiest when writing. That’s the point of this blog.…
The Ache for Adventure
We have all felt it – an inexplicable, unquenchable ache. We ache for many things in life. Ache to feel loved, ache to have purpose, and ache to experience true adventure. Modern man has actually concocted an entire industry to satisfy the ache by a cheap, or in some cases – not so cheap, thrill…
Beautiful Resolutions
If you request it. It will be written! Thanks to my friend Debbie for asking about MY resolutions! That’s the good news, the bad news is you’ll have to wait another day to hear them because I’m going to tell you about last year’s resolutions first. My resolution for 2012 was to feel more beautiful.…
My Food Resolutions
Warning: This resolution has nothing to do with dieting! (Can I get an” Amen”?) After the last post you might be wondering what sort of resolutions I make. Until two or three years ago I made the typical “lose weight” “get healthy” “spend less” type of resolutions, but they never seemed to pan out. So…
New Year’s Resolutions
Resolved. To make new year’s resolutions. I know that the average resolution lasts until January 17th. I know that they are typically too lofty to be achieved. But that shouldn’t be a problem for me. First of all, I’m rad. And secondly, I make goals for a living! I know first hand how to make…
Candle Light Vigil
I was a part of this. One year ago, at about this time, I marched silently out into the cold to stand for freedom. One of those lights is mine! As I learned attending the Passion Conference last year, modern day slavery is very real. People are being used and abused daily. I’ve heard the…
Passion Nostaligia
Once you got me started… I got really nostalgic about my Passion conference experience last year! I watched old videos, recalled words spoken and sung, and remembered what it was like to somehow feel at home surrounded by strangers. Here’s a CNN video documenting part of our experience. If you watch closely you can see…