Find a way to create joy each day
Our second day of the cruise was spent visiting the island of Antigua, and we had booked quite an eclectic excursion - a bus tour of parts of the island with a trio of planned stops. The first stop was to visit the farmhouse of a family who had lived on the island for generations.… Continue reading The lives not lived
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from the Foley family. We hope you shook some treats out of 2021 just like we did all year, and found lots of reasons to jump, jump, jump for joy. Hopefully your year had its own restful moments, if nothing else in a sigh of relief once the first vaccines… Continue reading Holiday Greetings for 2021
Has your brain ever delivered you a clear lesson from a dream? I was having a particularly vivid dream involving my favorite high school teacher. (It’s interesting what bizarre topics my brain thought he’d be quizzing us on; there was an extra credit history trivia question that was a nonsense combination of real world events).… Continue reading Subconsciously happy
We all know that 2020 made it challenging to find moments of joy -- the pandemic, the economic crisis, civil unrest, not to mention family health issues. But just as we all found ways to adapt, we found joy when we looked for it. Since it's so easy to forget about the good things that… Continue reading Holiday greetings for 2020
There's a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not from the dumpster fire that is 2020. Possible new favorite ornament to commemorate the year In a year full of stressors — the pandemic, the economic crisis, civil unrest, political upheaval, and health issues affecting those close to us — we can see… Continue reading Hope, again
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