“What did you do this summer?” It’s a question you often hear as fall closes in and school starts. For North Carolinians, the answer usually involves family reunions and trips to the beach and the mountains, or a cruise, a trip out west or up north, or even to Europe. For us, transplants from North …
Moving is the stuff of life. “Move along. Move over. Step it up. Get with it.” “Get over it. Let go. Move on.” “Get moving!” Much of the advice bandied about in popular culture by parents, peers or professionals, involves moving—or not moving. We know the universe is in constant motion, expanding outward. Dying stars …
Uncertain times. Uncertain, ambiguous, undetermined, indefinite, unpredictable, unknown, uncertain. Uncertain is the word I seem to hear most often these days from the news to Sunday’s sermons, to the clients in my office. Or the clients not in my office because of—uncertainty. Is it safe, will I be exposed to something, what if…? Should I …
It’s 8 a.m. Time to take our resident terrier mix out for her morning constitutional. I suit up for the 25-degree temperature while Sparkle jumps up and down and runs around in circles, telling me in no uncertain terms to hurry up. I zip myself into my navy multi-pocketed puffy coat, stash house keys and …
We hear a lot about making memories these days. Making memories has become a hook for selling everything from lavish birthday parties to cruises. In fact, memories are important. Good and bad, memories tell the story of our lives, in some measure giving us a sense of who we are. Treasured holiday memories grow not …
