“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb If I had the chance to change the calendar, I would move January to the Spring. As we come out of Winter hibernation, nature and people seem to filled with new life. We have more energy, are a little...
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” -Mother Theresa This December has been difficult. Among other important dates, it marks my parents’ wedding anniversary. They would have celebrated 45 years of marriage....
“Time going by fast is an opportunity to refocus on what is most important in life.” – my mother I was going through some of the things I brought from my mom’s house that I want to organize into a legacy scrapbook. There are letters between her and my dad,...
“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.” Menachem Begin Peace…This...
“Happiness is only real when shared.” -Jon Krakauer Season 4 of Fixer Upper is on hgtv.com. I was so excited when I found out that I wanted to watch all the episodes in a row! Since we don’t have cable, I hadn’t watched the last season of this show. I...
“I’ve learned that nobody’s perfect, and I don’t expect myself to be perfect anymore.” -Carly Simon When I first began this journey to a more simple life, I started reading all kinds of books and blogs of people who had walked this path...
