We Are the Sum of Our Choices

I picked it up Thanksgiving morning. One large cardboard box. Filled with everything we needed to have a Thanksgiving feast. A few hours...

I learned so much this year while training for the marathon I ran last week. Lessons about myself and my ability to commit and find ways...

I meant to pick them up between meetings, do a few arm curls. Fit in a little more strength training in my week. That's what I told...

A few years back, I bought one of those mini light-up marquees online. Just because I thought it would be fun. I had visions of putting...

On my last visit up to our home office in Green Bay, I opened the blinds in my hotel room, hoping to have a view of the river and the...

I finally put my fall and Halloween decorations up last weekend. Complete with a new fall welcome mat for my front door. While I was...

When you are training for a long run, it's important to wear really good socks. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes! I've got...

There's a place in Florida at Disney Springs that sells the most amazing cookies. They weigh almost a half a pound and come in all sorts...

The sunset was breathtaking on my walk that night. It had been a long week, with a lot of heavy projects and a 3-day business trip thrown...

Be happy. It was written there clearly on the sidewalk in front of me. As if it's simply that easy. To just say it and make it happen. In...

Most of the pictures that are taken of me are pretty standard poses. With my kids, with my boyfriend, with my family. Almost always...

I grew up in a small town. Never considered myself a city girl. But I do appreciate a beautiful city skyline. It reminds me of how...

Once a month, I travel to the Green Bay area for work. Near the hotel where I stay, there's a beautiful church with a steeple that peeks...

I love wrapping presents. But I'll admit I'm not the best at it. I tend to tear the edges of the wrapping paper when I cut it. For...

I love the Pacific Northwest. The way the air smells The towering fir trees. How green and alive everything is. It's all beautiful. But...

It was early in the morning. The house was mostly dark. I was putting away laundry that had been sitting in the dryer for a few days. As...

I was out in Maine a few weeks ago with some of my best friends. We're on a mission to visit (and hike in) a different National Park...

There's work being done on the street in front of my house. The crews from the city came and put flags all around my yard. Red ones. I...

I saw it on the way up the hill. And paused to look back at it when we got to the top. The street sign read: "Point of View."...

It's that season in Wisconsin. Orange barrels and cones litter our streets and highways. We are forced to slow down or detour. It takes...