Tag: Gratitude

Celebrating the Things That Didn’t Happen (Or Why I’d Rather Be in Pittsburgh Than Barcelona)

I was supposed to get married yesterday. Well, a decade ago yesterday, 07-07-07. But we didn’t go through with it, and I have no doubt that was the right choice because we were not the right choice. So, instead of celebrating my tenth wedding anniversary, I spent the day honoring The Things That Didn’t Happen.…

July 8, 2017
Chinook-y: Yurt Life in High Wind

Last month, when the temperatures dipped well into the negative degrees Fahrenheit, I thought, “I’m so glad I just moved out of the yurt!” Last week, as I dug my car out of a foot of snow to get to work, I thought, “I’m so glad I moved out of the yurt!” And yesterday at…

January 11, 2017
Journeys End In Love[r]s Meeting

At the risk of sounding a bit kooky (even though I am certain that many other people do this), sometimes when I need guidance, I say a prayer, let the Bible fall open, and read the first verse to which my eyes are drawn. The vast majority of the time, this provides a relevant piece…

July 28, 2015
Lift Lilt: My Eurotrip Elevator Speech

Attending networking events and meeting lots of new people lately, I’ve honed my elevator speech (lift lilt in Euro parlance, perhaps?) answering, “So what do you do?” Everyone should have an elevator speech to sum up who you are/what you do in a few sentences, in case you’re ever in a brief situation with a…

January 24, 2015