It’s somehow always the one thing you can’t have that you desperately want. I remember longing daily for steamy, buttery mashed potatoes while on safari in Africa. I would imagine my daily cornmeal mush was actually potatoes (and I like cornmeal mush). Then there was the time I spent a weekend on a rice boat…
So long 2016
Most of us cannot wait to get 2016 behind us. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a year and even the last few days show no slow down in the momentum of terrible and/or surprising events. While traditionally Christmas is a time to hold your nearest and dearest close, this year we are gripping them…
Ringing in the new year
Another year is almost over. 2015 was full of real highs and then sudden darkness looming. As a mother, one look in my child’s eyes leaves me with only hope for the future. As always, in order to focus on the enjoying the present and hoping for the future, we fix our gaze firmly on…
