A Beautiful Adventure – Encouraging Words for Real Life Adventures

5 Ways to Make Room for Happiness

This is when it hits me. We have to Make Room for Happiness. Happiness will not just happen. We have to create happiness. We have to make time for happiness to happen.
Invite Your Friends Over Even If Your House is Messy

Not just when the house is perfect, and the food is delicious, and my kids are cleaned up, and I feel together, no you are welcomed in even during the moments of chaos, even during the moments of weakness, even during the messiness of daily life, you are welcomed in- even in my mini crisis because that is what love does.
Grace on Sundays

Sundays, the day for rest and reflection, are often a day I feel as far from grace as it seems possible

How to Make an Impact in the World?

Several years ago I flew across the country from Virginia Beach to Bend, Oregon to join 120 entrepreneurs for the Start-Up Camp Summit, a conference put on by Dale Partridge for a 1-day summit about entrepreneurship, leadership, and making a difference in the world. I expected to learn something new, to stretch myself, but what […] Read more…

Nothing Ordinary about a Thursday morning

Every day is a gift

Summer, summer, summertime… Oh how I love Summer. Everything about it. I know the ninety degree days, with enough humidity to keep your skin damp even after the sun goes down is not the time of year everyone loves, but for me summer is about longer days, and more time with family and friends. It’s […] Read more…