Tag: happy

Last summer, my youngest sister was offered her dream job of working on a cattle ranch. So, she packed everything up and headed out to Nebraska. While excited for the opportunity this was for her, it was hard knowing she would be living over fifteen hundred miles away from...

I heard recently that “Happiness is reality minus expectations.”[1] That quote had me pondering over how many happy “now” moments are missed because we are consumed with our expectations of a future “now.” For me, being present in the “now” can be challenging since I’m a planner and like...

When Executive Order 63 was enacted here in the Commonwealth of Virginia at the end of May as part of the plan to begin opening back up after all of the pandemic craziness, there was a section I was extremely ticked off about.  It was the part that made...

When all you see in the news these days is story after story of mayhem, violence, murder, destruction, injustice, fear, and complete pandemonium, it can be overwhelming, discouraging, and stressful.  Quite frankly, I’m over it.  It makes me sick to my stomach. We can’t ignore the bad, but if...