Year: 2018

A Traveling Thanksgiving

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I LOVE to travel. At 41 years old, I’ve been to 42 U.S. states, multiple U.S. territories and British islands in the Caribbean, as well as 16 different countries (mostly in Europe). If there really is an elusive travel bug,… Continue Reading “A Traveling Thanksgiving”

Slow Your Roll, Cosmos

Oh, life… you are fitting in so many tough lessons this month. And Mercury Retrograde— Goodbye! I’ve already had enough without you rolling in. I’m wondering if there a cosmic quota that somehow overlooked me for the first 10 months of 2018 that is… Continue Reading “Slow Your Roll, Cosmos”

There are many roads…

July 24, 2018 (Part I) Five years. It seems like both an eternity and like yesterday all at once. I’m sitting on a plane at 41 years old heading to the 20th reunion of what was the most magical, transformative, physically exhausting, and personally… Continue Reading “There are many roads…”

Practice Makes Perfect

 I’ve been thinking a lot about civility lately. What does it mean? Whom does it help? Whom does it hinder? How is it defined? Why does it matter? I work in Communications for Student Affairs at Virginia Tech and we (Student Affairs) have five… Continue Reading “Practice Makes Perfect”