Liverpool Won (and the things I leave behind)!
*It's ironic that I write this post on the 7th year anniversary of my blog. As 7 is the spiritual number for completion, I too feel a bit more complete
The Prayer Process
When I was a child, my mom taught me to pray the “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to the Lord my soul you keep …” prayer. I imagine that I didn’t learn the “Our Father’s Prayer”
The Art of Doing Nothing, i.e. Stillness
Over a decade ago a friend bought me The Art of Doing Nothing as a gift. I am sure some series of conversations prompted her to make the purchase. It took me another year or so to finally read the
The Gift
I CANNOT believe it is May already! Where has time gone? It seems unreal that I have been abroad for 3 and a half months. So much has happened! Sidebar: I find it both fascinating and frightening that more transformation
All I Have I Give Freely
On last week one of my closest friends arrived to visit me in the U.K. Her visit occurs on the culmination of five other friends “crossing the pond” to explore my temporary home and see a few new sights. While
Cultivating A Beautiful Mind
Photo taken from: https://www.hppr.org/post/growing-high-plains-cultivate-your-mind-2017 My friends know that when I arrived in the UK one of my major annoyances was having limited WiFi (I’ve written about how I learned to embrace this). I was then annoyed by my access – or
All Summer ’18
It’s crazy to me that I have not written a single blog post since January! Needless to say, life has been busy. I finished my first year as a full-time faculty member and I am nearing the one year mark
Welcome 2018!
Happy New Year! I was supposed to post before the year ended and then I was going to post on the 1st of the New Year … but here we are :-). 2017 was amazing! I finished my doctorate program, relocated,
On Becoming a Better Me …
An excerpt from last month’s post: And then there are those areas where I am not doing as well :-(. Since work began, I struggle to maintain a realistic exercise routine. My eating habits have become shaky with one snack too
Hello October: New Seasons + New Opportunities = New Blessings
It has been three and a half months since I moved and two full months since I’ve been on campus. Time is flying! There are so many wonderful and challenging aspects of my transition; here is a short recap. The