Hello, day 5 of January blog a day. Today’s topic: Biggest fear. When I first started work in New Zealand, I wanted to impress my new team mates so I did the American thing — I had lots of meetings where I volunteered my expertise, talked-up a future of collaborative projects, did a little vision [...]
Tags: #Janblogaday, dreams., expat experiences., life down under., link ups., tales with tails.
Writing for day three of January blog a day: Bucket list. Colin and I drove six hours last night from Seattle to Bend to visit his family for the week. Six hours in the car (minus thai food, coffee and a wife nap) and this is the bucket list we’ve come up with. The aspirational [...]
Tags: #Janblogaday, dreams.
I promise blessings are more than a dime a dozen in my life. I’m just not extraordinarily blessed at thinking to write them down (last time I wrote directly about life’s gifts was March 5th). Although every time I take the time to do so, it’s like they find ways to bless me more than [...]
Tags: dreams., happy endings., marriage., one thousand gifts.
There are few things that can motivate you as much as hope, love, faith and the eagerness of a dream. I should’ve written this post a couple of months ago when dreams were a visibly hot topic in my life. But I skipped the opportunity. Actually, I procrastinated and I dreaded the topic. It didn’t [...]
Tags: dreams., happy endings., life down under., link ups.
Over the weekend, I received an email note inviting me to be a guest speaker in an 8th grade class about college-bound success. I came at the very kind recommendation of a good friend of mine who’s classroom sits back-to-back with the teacher of the class I’d be visiting. I have to be honest — [...]
Tags: dreams., original thoughts.
Note: I was so relaxed out on vacation, I didn’t get a chance to post this until now. Next blog: Photo recap of the nuptials One might ask – what does one do on a six hour plane ride from Seattle to Kauai en route to paradise and relaxation, with only four business days left [...]
