Yellow Shirts and Wobbly Knees {The Grove: Welcome to Culture Shock}
I always thought choosing what color I’d wear was an individual right of sorts. I could choose according to my mood, my preferences, my style. But...
Category: A New Outlook
When Nature Speaks {The Grove: The Great Outdoors}
With every coming season or every change in the weather, we feel something new. When nature speaks, the sun can make us feel better, the...
How to Say Hello When You Have an Aching Heart
Goodbyes feel like death because they are death. Goodbyes are the death of what has been. It will not be again. Even if you see this place, this person...
Inner Endings
In a crisp July breeze off the North Atlantic Ocean, I stood shaking, watching our beautiful daughter walk toward the arbor she and her dad crafted for her wedding...
The Importance of Being Father
I love my Dad. He has always been my biggest cheerleader, the one I am able to receive criticism from and the one who can talk me off the...
Nature vs. Nurture- Renewing the Mind {The Grove: Personality}
I believe in asking the question, “Who am I?” It is a good question to ask and information from personality inventories can spur on conversations about our inner selves....
On the Road to Self-Discovery
Outside my front door sits a snake plant. Beside the snake plant rest my Birkenstocks. And this bothers me. I am...
Tips for the Tightrope of Social Media {The Grove: Social Media}
I was in the middle of preparing for this post when my phone gave that sweet little Facebook messenger ding. Opening my app, I found a message from a...
Social Media: is it a blessing or a curse?
Social media is a tool and a resource. It helps us connect with loved ones and to form new relationships, despite the boundaries of space and time. The intended...
The Noise of Social Media
As an introvert, I need time alone to reset and function well. And I’ve learned that I don’t need to have a tremendous number of friends, just a few...
