Beauty & Blessings: Wonder and Awe(some)

Welcome to the weekend beautiful souls! Let’s kick it off with a little something that may make your heart melt…it sure melted mine. Thank you to my amazingingly wonderful mother-in-love Andrea for sending this to me. This week has been pretty hectic as Drew and I finalized the details of our new car nicknamed The […]

Getting FREEky.

“What does FREEDOM look like to you?“ This is a question I was recently asked by Anna Lozano (@annajoncalozano) of #TheFreedomProject. Anna and her husband Yvan founded this virtual hub to inspire and help people design their freedom lifestyle.   Beyond sharing inspiring freedom stories, what makes #TheFreedomProject special is that it is a work […]

Rest Part II: Soul Food

This post was a journal entry I wrote on Thursday May 29th, 2014, which I only found after I had written last week’s post on Rest: Optimal or Optional. Consider this week’s post Rest Part 2: Soul Food It’s Thursday May 29th, 2014 and one thing is apparent, I’ve lost my voice. Perhaps it’s because […]

Just Plank It.

I have a confession to make: I really dislike planks. Correction: I really disliked planks. For those of you who do not know what a plank is, it is an exercise move in which you are basically in push-up position and resting either on your a) wrists or b) forearms for a specific length of […]

When There is Doubt, Be BOLDER.

We start every year with great expectations for the days to come. Many people make resolutions to: a) give up a bad habit/vice b) embrace a new virtue c) be their best selves Enter life. Enter inconveniences. Enter temptation. Suddenly, without knowing it, we find ourselves mid-way through the year and…nothing has changed or has […]

The #1 Key to Victory

My husband Drew was born in Texas and thus that makes me a Texan by marriage. Yesterday, our beloved Houston Texans played the Tennessee Titans. So what? Yes, that is precisely what most non-football fans would say…until you start seeing football not just as a sport but as a story. In this particular story, the Texans […]