Live Simply. Love Deeply.

The Other One... Confession: I haven’t been completely honest.   Several months ago I wrote a post about my plant, Peter, and how if I practice a few simple practices (proper watering, good lighting, healthy and enriched soil, the proper container etc.) he will be able to flourish and not be dry and weary. With some hard work and recognition of Peter’s needs, he was able to flourish.   At the time of writing about Peter, I had a little pang of guilt reverberate in my mind.  I haven’t told you about Ferguson.  He’s our fern.  (I can already hear you judging me in your minds because I name my plants and talk about them as if they have feelings…yeah, that’s just the way it is.  I’m unashamed.)   I intentionally left him out of that previous blog for one reason.  I was a tad bit ashamed of him.   He’s finicky and has a personality (in his very nature) that is very difficult.  Treating him with the same (initial) respect th...

Unprepared, Uncomfortable and Unshakeable  Do you ever have those days where your world's equilibrium is just...off?  With every turn another roadblock seems to get in your way, knocking you off course and making you uncomfortable? A series of events caused me to be just that.  Uncomfortable.  I was unprepared for those roadblocks and as a result, I was uncomfortable. It was an early morning in the desert known as "Sun City" and my husband and I were being escorted to the airport by my g-pops and g-ma.  All was well.  We eventually made our way through security and went through the whole shebang; shoes off, liquids and computers in the trays and our bags on the conveyer belt all ready to be scanned. Beep beep!  Their scanners are alerted and I'm kindly asked to follow a lady to another part of the security area. Great. There was one thing I forgot to take out of my bag before coming on this trip: my personalized Swiss Army Knife that I bou...