Getting ready for the holidays always reminds me of prepping for a big trip. All the lists, last minute trips to the store (usually the same one time and time again), packing (Halloween Decorations), unpacking (Christmas Decorations), and improvising those few things we forgot after checking the list at least 46 times. And it is all […]

We casually strolled back toward the resort, having just watched the sun break over the Gulf of California and curling our toes in the buttery soft sand as we climbed the sloping beach.  And there in the distance stood Tasha, on the balcony of her room, breathing in the crisp air and savoring the tangerine sky of […]

“Can I have some frosting now mom?” Not even two minutes into the Halloween house build, both kids were ready for the real reason you break out anything with the word gingerbread in it: to eat it! You see, you’re supposed to eat the creation both as your building it AND after you’ve built it. […]

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children’s futures, and we are all mortal.  — President John F. Kennedy, Speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963 Right now, in New York […]

“Love is a four-legged word.” ~Author Unknown You’ve had a long day.  Your energy is sapped; beyond what happened at work, traffic on the way home was…well, just another day in the DC area.  Staggering towards the front door, you fumble for your keys.  And then, as they jingle when you pull them from your […]