I was at my favorite local coffee shop in Michigan a few months ago while I was helping my mom recover from an appendectomy, and the owner of the coffee shop noticed I wasn’t at school on a weekday. He asked me how I was doing and how school was going, and at that point, […]
I love this time of year. Not because it’s starting to get cold. Not because I feel so sleepy by 6:00 pm every night. But because I love the flavors of the season. This simple recipe of sweet potato, apple delicacy is delicious warm or cold, with or without your choice of nuts and maple […]
My younger brother, Dakota, is my hero. He is the epitome of perseverance, pressing on in the face of difficult circumstances time and time again. Dakota was born 22 years ago today with spina bifida: a neural tube birth defect that occurs when the vertebrae do not properly form around the baby’s spinal cord. Dakota was […]
I was talking to my good friend at school the other day. It had been a busy and tiring day for both of us, for everyone probably. I had a lot on my mind, but was keeping so busy with the day-to-day tasks that I didn’t give myself time or space to truly let my […]
“The life you are meant to find will wring your heart to the point of breaking, then douse you buckets of joy when you’re not looking.” –Linford Detwiller Has your heart ever been wrung to the point of breaking? I know mine has. There have been times I have wanted to give up and give […]
Living and loving with my whole heart involves kindness. Here are four areas to focus our kindness on: 1. Extend kindness to your spouse. Be kind in your tone, your words, and your body language. 2. Extend kindness to strangers. Make a point to go through the day in awareness that we don’t know the […]
Living and loving with a whole heart means practicing gratitude–often. The easiest way for me to express–and recognize–gratitude is to keep a gratitude journal. Spending time truly thinking about all that I have to be grateful for and writing it down is so meaningful to me. When I journal about what I have to be grateful […]
Words of affirmation are my love language. I love giving and receiving them. Growing up, my mom always used to write notes of encouragement to me, and to her friends and family. I followed in her footsteps and started writing words of affirmation to my friends and family. I always experienced such joy in writing […]
Living wholeheartedly means creating time and space for rest. I think this looks different for each person. For me, rest means sleeping in on the weekend. It means letting things on the to-do list stay unchecked. Letting go of expectations for the day when I start to feel overwhlemed. Curling up with a good book […]
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