Many years ago, my husband and I climbed Quandary Peak in Colorado. Quandary is over fourteen thousand feet in elevation, so it is...

Everyone has secret agreements they make with themselves. One that comes to mind for me is “failure isn’t an option.” At first glance,...

It’s pretty safe to say that I am not really a morning person. I am not really a night owl either. I am a "sleep for 10 hours" kind of...

I have been educating myself on kayaks recently. It turns out they come in all sizes and purposes. I had no idea there were so many...

I have a love/hate relationship with packing tape. When you can get it on the box properly, it works well and holds everything in its...

If you are like me, the concept of beauty can be a struggle. Is the idea of beauty vain? I can safely say that I would never say out loud...

I grew up being the youngest person in most of the situations in which I found myself. I was the youngest sibling, the youngest kid in my...

When I was a child, I would be so excited when my dad would come home from work. I would run to him and hang around him as much as I...

I believe just about everyone has a junk drawer in their house somewhere, probably in the kitchen or laundry room. A junk drawer is a...

When I was a kid, hiding was a favorite pastime. Things like “hide and seek”, fort building out of sofa cushions, or hanging out in a...

Currently, I am spending time in a house that has access to the beach as well as a boating dock area. When I first arrived, I...

I have a vivid memory as a child of going to bed one night but not being able to sleep. I had a strong aching pain in both of my knees....

I was in a little bit of a funk the other day. I was frustrated about some external circumstances outside of my control. I went for a...