"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." Langston Hughes
Updated as of November 2020: If you have a dream, you have to do more than just think about it. Take at least one small step toward it every day. That’s my philosophy. I’ve always been one of those folks who researches everything before they do it, or decide to buy something. So, of course, … Read more About Me
Page updated as of January 2023: If you’ve just stumbled across my blog, or even if you’ve been a long time reader (in which case, I thank you wholeheartedly!), you know that I am a huge animal lover. So much so that I have my own little *herd* as I like to call them. I … Read more The Herd
I have been reading/following Josh Becker of Becoming Minimalist, for some time now. He has been posting many infographics on facebook lately that have given me pause.
So, this morning I was thinking of what I am grateful for, and thought maybe I should do it as a weekly Friday post (that will be my goal anyway). So, here are a few, in no particular order. Read more
Up until a few weeks ago, I thought one of my dreams was to move to a state in the south with a man I loved. We had just gone to Grand Cayman for a week while I was sent there for a conference for the first few days. Everything was great, or so I thought. I still look at this photo of our feet standing together in the sand, from time to time, as well as others that I have of him. I still feel sadness for what could have been, but I am learning to deal with it, cope, and move forward. If I don’t, I’ll just be stuck in place. And I don’t want to be stuck. Read more
In fact, one of them could be getting ready to go off to college. The youngest could be shopping for back to school clothes for fifth grade and the middle “kids” would have just gone to their first prom a few months ago. No, really. I have to say, I am ready to have “empty nest syndrome” where my student loans are concerned. Read more
If you had asked me even a few weeks ago what my dreams were, I think I would have answered you much differently than I would today. I had even started drafting a few different blog posts but none of them really sat “right” with me and I wasn’t even sure I would start this blog. After all, I had stopped blogging over at Middle-of-the-Pack-Girl a few years ago when I felt like I wanted things in my life to go back to being more private. Why start up again? Read more
Chasing Simple Dreams 