Reflecting on Gratitude
It’s Thanksgiving week! When recalling the extremes we’ve witnessed this year, such as natural disasters, civil unrest, fear-driven hysteria, and restrictions that threaten our constitutional rights (oh, and let’s not forget the great toilet paper “shortages” of 2020), it can be difficult to feel grateful. But if we take...
A Burden Lifted
It was late on a Tuesday evening when my phone alerted me to an incoming text message—it was from my personal injury attorney. She had finally received the settlement paperwork and check from the insurance company regarding my car crash case and needed to set up a time to...
Focus on the Can
It is easy to become discouraged when we focus on what we can’t do. For example, I find it disheartening that I can’t exercise the way I did before suffering two major physical injuries. Wanting to eat healthy and lacking the time to cook vexes me. On top of...
Election Day
This year seems to have seen more than its fair share of chaos: natural disasters, a pandemic, economic shutdowns, civil unrest—just to name a few. But despite all of that, I am grateful that I live in a country where I have the freedom to vote. When I cast...