I have spent way too many years focused on what I /should/ be doing with goals I want to accomplish and have found myself falling short every time. I am my own worst enemy and my critique of myself isn’t always warranted. While I’m not and will never excuse laziness of any kind, I want... Continue Reading →
Annual Nostalgia.
St. Patrick’s Day was one of the many holidays that took the face of what tradition means to me. Every year, my mother’s family and ours would share the Americanized meal of corn beef and cabbage with soda bread, and our green “beer”. As a child, all of this felt so regular. It was just... Continue Reading →
Spread the Gratitude and Joy: 50 Happy Things
I'm sure I'll partake in the usual year in review this year simply because I had a tremendous year in 2015 but when I saw this challenge on Tales from the Motherland. It was hard to pass up. Gratitude is something that so many people forget to have. We live in a world where instant... Continue Reading →