12–02–2022 Hello my beautiful friend, A couple days ago, I was texting with my beautiful friend, Laurie about the tricks our minds can play on us. About how I spent decades of my life feeling scared and unworthy and feeling like a failure and feeling like I didn’t deserve to…

Change someone’s day with a joyful greeting! — 08–27–2021 Imagine that you can see me and I’ve got a big smile on my face as I wave to you. Imagine that I am squealing with happiness as I say your name. Have you ever thought about what a gift it is to greet someone — on the phone…

12–01–2021

Love Gram: Picture this. I’ve been sorting through my digital photos from the last couple of months because I want to surprise some people in my life with actual printed photos that I send via the old-fashioned snail mail postal service. I’m planning to put a few photos in a fun greeting card and…

Unexpected Gifts 07–25–2020 I’ve been greatly missing my mom. Usually in the summer, my West Coast clan would all travel to Ohio to spend a couple weeks hanging out — bonfires and water balloon fights and homemade ice-cream and card games and such. It’s one of my favorite times — like camp! …

11–25–2020 For those of you who are in the United States, I wish you a beautiful Thanksgiving week. I know this is a challenging time for many of us who can’t be with the people we love because of the pandemic. …

Celebration and Connection in the Midst of a Pandemic This has been a year of profound loss and uncertainty. For most of us, 2020 has challenged us in ways we never imagined. Now, the holidays are upon us and we’re faced with the question: How do we celebrate in the…

(Reprinted from a Simply Celebrate newsletter, April 5, 2018) I’m packing up right now to take myself on my quarterly overnight vision retreat. This is a gift I give myself to get perspective on my life. No internet. No phone service. Lots of meditation, reflection, and contemplation. …

Uplift Gifts: Custom Coffee Klatch 07–02–2020 If you listened to my audio LoveGram on Sunday, you heard me talk about how sad I’ve been this past week. There’s sure been a lot of emotion coming up! Obviously, we’re living in a time that is filled with grief, loss, anger, and disappointment of all kinds; we’re…