Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Maybe that’s why I find myself feeling a bit melancholy. It has been twenty-five years since my mother passed away. Mom. Mama. Time is a thief. Certain memories rise to the surface more readily than others when I think about the incredibly strong, […]
Why? It’s a small word. Just three letters. But it may be the question we ask more than any other. Yesterday, I walked through a hospital entrance that felt much heavier than usual. A group had gathered—friends, family—standing close, holding each other up. Some were crying. Others were quiet, eyes […]
Another quick trip—4,000 miles traced across the friendly yet bumpy skies in what felt like a blink. Another reminder that even the briefest journeys can carry weight, if we’re paying attention. Travel has a way of doing that—disrupting routine just enough to create space for reflection, for recalibration, for change. […]
There are certain places that seem to live on everyone’s lifetime bucket list: the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids at Giza, the Great Wall of China. The list is long. And somewhere near the top would surely be that enormous chasm in northern Arizona — described at various times as “an […]
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