Growing Things

I’m a Big Sister through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. We were matched in 2016 — my “little” was just nine when we met. Now, she’s a...

I quit my job.  Quitting a job isn't big news these days, even with no new job to go to. The great resignation, or re-alignment, however...

The weekend "we" began: 1996, Cape Flattery, WA I t's extraordinary that here we are at what we together designated our annive...

Outside, the birds are singing and the plants are budding.  As we say goodbye to winter and embrace the scents, sounds, and sights of spring...

“Don’t stop running!” After signing my life away upon payment, those three words were the only instructions I received from my Brazilian g...

We are — all of us — navigating uncharted waters.  None of us has previously experienced a pandemic, nor the havoc wrought by an unmanaged, ...

My mom, Anelda, 1960s.  I have come to a place of peace in my life, despite circumstances. Or maybe because of circumstances. While our ...

Borrowed from Instagram Every afternoon, an alarm on my phone reminds me that 'everything is impermanent.' I set this alarm as a...

Looking ahead or looking behind, or just noticing the reflection...?  During a recent online coaching program, the facilitator assigned ...

This gull lives and breathes its meaning and purpose.. .  For years, self-help advice said  follow your passion. Thankfully, for thos...