The woman who wore this muumuu before me was a giant. Not in the larger-than-life stature kind of way—her hunched posture had her reaching 5’2” on a good day—but in the magnanimous warmth of her presence. She exuded love from her every pore—the personification of sunshine on a cloudless day. Her gnarled hands cooked scrambled…

I’ve been in a funk for weeks. The dreaded virus that starts with a C found me on an island trip and decided it’d be my souvenir—whether I wanted it or not.😆 Wave after wave of coughs left my ribs feeling bruised—and that pesky cough is still lingering 3 weeks later. During this illness, my…

Around the end of last year, I began the process of pinpointing what my word or intention would be for this year.  Growing up, I typically wrote lists of resolutions that looked more like to-do lists than meaningful goals for growth. I’d cross a few things off my lists but inevitably forget the rest by…