The most difficult conversations and decisions often turn out to be the ones that ease the burdens for the ones we love the most – and for ourselves. That includes advance planning, putting end-of-life directives in place. “Getting our affairs in order.” It eliminates...
Our world is loud with judgment about things. Don’t clutter your space. Downsize your possessions. Give, donate, share. Clean lines and minimalist style. Empty the closets. Free yourself. Recently, I have had two conversations that have given me pause about why...
My mom. Every day, as I work, I find my way into my photos that flood me with memories. I scroll fast through pictures of her smiling or making faces, cringing at me for taking another picture. I reflect on what she was thinking of herself in the selfies. I consider...
It’s kind of become a dirty word, RESOLUTION. “New Year, New You” has become overused and trite. Am I right? We should want to be kinder, gentler, healthier, every day, I suppose, but it’s not even that. It’s the simple fact that there is too much pressure, too much...
Are your photos museum-worthy? I was recently approached to help with a really exciting project – a digital museum! And that got me thinking, as requests usually do. What would YOU put in your museum? Are there things in your museum that should become public? For...
Freedom. Magical, elusive freedom. The degree to which we feel free waxes and wanes. One day, we are counting our blessings. The next, we are submitting to the chains of what we have not conquered. We give our children freedom to test limits, learn by experience,...