Snippets of Gratitude
Posted in autumn, Rotary International, speeches, Wisconsin on Oct 10th, 2008
This morning I had to wake up at an ungodly hour and somehow managed to get up the first time my alarm clock went off without the normal pain of fatigue that mornings bring. I picked a favorite work outfit, declared today a good hair day, and had enough spare time to drink a cup […]
Posted in love, project japale goune, speeches, grant writing, dreams, 9-5, writing on Feb 15th, 2008
Do what you love and the money will follow. This is a maxim I really want to believe, but it just takes so much courage. And quite possibly, a lot of sleepless nights wondering how long behind “rent” is following you…
Still, life is short enough that I can accept the first part (do what you […]
The last few days have been so chalk-full of goodness that I have been too busy to take time and write a meaningful blog post. Visitors. Traveling. Lecturing. Reading. Long runs. The good, albeit busy, life. When life gets busy, I think its a perfect time to take […]
Posted in Rotary International, speeches on Jan 25th, 2008
One of the gifts from my Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship has been the frequent invitations I still get (four years later) to speak about my experiences to Rotary clubs all over the country. I’ve mostly spoken in Wisconsin, but have also had the opportunity to speak in New Hampshire, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, North Carolina, and […]
Today, I struggle to find gratitude. We arrived back in Madison late last night to a frigid -1 degrees, a car covered in ice, and the dread of the daily grind. Vacations never last long enough, particularly those in a sunny locale in the dead of a Wisconsin winter.
Yet, today is a day […]
I can’t say enough times how grateful I am to have a new (awesome!) camera from my dad. A perfect Christmas present. I’ve taken pictures nearly every day since I received the camera. It makes life so much more fun. I am learning to embrace being the observer, sometimes intrusive with […]
