What a whirlwind it’s been. I was actually doing a college drop off on Release Day, so in between texts and posts, I was on an emotional level all on its own. He’s our youngest, you know. And his personality has been the highlight of our home for 18 years. The irony of both events isn’t lost on me, however. We are empty nesters and we have to adjust to life with a lot more time on our hands. Although I say this tongue in cheek because I’ve planned travel every week for work for the rest of the ...
THINKING OUT LOUD
Peace Becomes You
Mercury is in retrograde. In layman’s terms (because I do read my horoscope every week – whether I take it seriously is another story), I guess that means all hell is breaking loose as we speak. At least for Taurus (me), this is supposed to be a period of questioning, of reckoning, of ultimately deciding and moving on. In retrospect, it has been a tough two weeks at work. I’ve had to handle difficult situations, spent most of my time trying to solve issues that required all of my focus, was ...
June of My Heart
And we thought nothing could top the month of May! In June, I had the privilege of being a signing author at Tarryn Fisher's The Girls Are Back in Town event in Richmond, Virginia. In the weeks leading to this event, I was the most disorganized I'd ever been, with work priorities, home move packing and college orientation trips taking up all of my time. But choosing this event as my last one as an author was one of the best decisions I'd ever made! Not only was the event a success, I had the ...
The Merry Month of May
The month of May was life changing. My feet have yet to touch the ground. Speaking, signing, graduating, celebrating and merging. Where they all lead to, I have no idea. But in every single one of those moments, there were valuable lessons to be learned. On May 16, I spoke at a Woman’s Conference. Delivering the keynote at this amazing event took hours and weeks of preparation. Preparing and redoing and revising my presentation, rehearsing my speech, memorizing every single word so that I ...
The End of This Chapter
Wait. How long has it been since I last blogged? Two months? Seems like just yesterday, I was on vacation and writing to my heart’s content. And then stuff happened – work, travel, Arcs for The Year I Left, more work, more travel, graduation, graduation party planning and packing up our house – life, I guess. First things first. Please check out the latest edition of my Newsletter for news about our last release! So much to talk about, I’m a mixed bag of thoughts right now. The past few weeks ...
Being Here
Wow, that was fast. I’m normally not this prolific. But when 2/3 of your family falls ill while on vacation, you find yourself with a lot of time on your hands. And now that it’s our last full day of vacation, I’ve had a lot of time to think. I watched as my children, now adults, sat by the pool, ordered drinks, ran around and took frequent naps. One of them loved Pina Coladas to death, the other kept wanting to eat at the buffet. The third one hardly spoke to us because she was too busy making ...
