Seeking the beauty in the midst of chaos
Tuesday Truth. Number 14. Minimalism. I love this quote because it really asks us to question our choices. I am still on a journey toward simplicity. Part of that journey is one that embraces minimalism. The version of minimalism that I prefer is probably best summed up in this post by Joshua Becker of Becoming [...]
DNA Testing. I've shared on the blog before about how I had my DNA tested through Ancestry.com. My Results. My results came in August of 2016. You can read about that original result in this post: Keys to the Past. After I wrote that post, I received questions about the process for testing and I [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 13. I thought that today's quote was fitting as we steadily progress through the holiday season. Remember the joy and excitement that you once felt? Do you ever stop and act like a kid again? I did just that on Monday. We received 15" of snow! I went and sled down hills [...]
Why I Set Goals Instead of Resolutions. And what in the heck is the difference? As we approach the new year, many people start talking about setting their New Year's Resolutions. I used to set New Year's Resolutions too. I'd brainstorm about all the different things I wanted to change about myself or my life [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 12. Un-Becoming. Who were you meant to be in the first place? Have you ever pondered this? Even just a tiny bit? Well, I have. And given that I have a propensity for ponderings, it's likely been more than just a tiny bit. If you've been around my blog for a while, [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 11. Personally, I struggle with this one. My mind is always on. Internal Chatter. Monkey Mind. My journey toward becoming its master is incorporating meditation. And trying to be more conscious of staying present. In the here and now. How do you endeavor to be the master instead of the slave of your [...]
What's Up Lately. Episode 009. Hey everybody!! I hope that you've had a lovely weekend! Ours was a four-day weekend around the Thanksgiving holiday. It made it a little hard to keep track of the days. 11/11 and Autumn on display. In my last episode of "what's up lately", I mentioned the fact that it [...]
The Giving of Thanks. To all of my American readers, I want to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. To all of my readers from other parts of the world, I want to wish you a very blessed and beautiful day filled with gratitude for the abundant blessings in [...]
Walking the Mural Trail in Glasgow. Glasgow. The first time I traveled to Glasgow, it was to trace some of our ancestral roots. During that visit, I stumbled upon the murals found along the streets of Glasgow quite by accident. I shared about the murals that I chanced upon in this post. And it [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 10. Sometimes we can be like a record on repeat, just regurgitating words over and over. And like a broken record, the words become less meaningful. If this is you today, then stop uttering words ...just to go through the motions. Stop and realign. Are you living by the truths that you [...]
