Some moments in life are so odd, so delightfully out of place, that they stick with you forever.
One spring afternoon, I found myself on the front stone steps of a downtown church in my home city. We’d just laid my great uncle to rest — a long, full life well lived. It was a quiet weekend morning. The street was gently alive with its usual soundtrack — streetcars rattling by, cars parked bumper to bumper, snippets of conversation floating by on the breeze.
Why does no one talk about how midlife isn’t just about wrinkles or an empty house— it’s the quiet shock of an empty routine, an empty grocery cart, and a version of yourself that feels ready for a refresh. Sometimes, the whole script gets rewritten in the most unexpected places… like your underwear drawer. American actress and film producer, Sharon Stone, spoke about this recently. On Late Night with Seth Meyers, she shared (more…)
Venice has a way of making you feel like the main character in a lush, sweeping film.
I arrived late one evening, just after Christmas. The city wrapped in a curtain of snow — big, wet, thudding flakes, the kind that lands with a gentle thump on your coat. The water taxi slid slowly through the dark, navigating the heaving water and the low visibility, the whole scene lit only by the glow of lamps along the canals. (more…)
Grocery shopping was one of the hardest things to adjust in my empty nest.
For you, too?
Downsizing meal plans. Shortening the shopping list (read: not stocking up to feed the three or four extra teens who were always around). Choosing snacks and nibbles… just for me.
One of the new things I’ve enjoyed is having time to explore (more…)
There’s a scene in a 1990s rom-com called Runaway Bride, it’s really short, maybe 10 seconds long, but it relentlessly keeps smiling its way back into my mind.
The film, a re-pairing of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, where she plays a woman, Maggie who has a reputation of getting cold feet at her wedding, dramatically leaving her grooms at the altar, hence (more…)
Sometimes joy finds you in the least expected places.
A hallway. A headset. A nearly missed moment.
This is one of those stories. (more…)
I love that kind of quiet transformation—the kind that doesn’t require a life overhaul or a big, bold declaration. The kind that grows quietly, organically, and one day shows up in the most unexpected places. (more…)
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