Oct 20, 2016 | Courage, Freedom, Inspiration
The first time I went rappelling I was about 8-years old. I wasn’t terrified of heights, really, it was more the falling with the sudden stop at the bottom that made my stomach do flips while I laid, belly down, at the edge of the cliff staring at the rocky...
Oct 6, 2016 | Craft Your Book, Embolden Your Inner Writer
About 81 percent of Americans desire to write a book and believe they should. That’s over 250 million people in the United States, alone, who want to put their story to paper. If you’re here, that probably means you’re one of them. And yet, only about 305,000 books in...
Sep 29, 2016 | Inspiration
I’d been telling Joe all summer that what I really wanted was to visit the lake. It’s less than 10 minutes from our house! …I think. I haven’t actually been there even though we’ve lived here for over 2 years. Actually, let me back...
Sep 22, 2016 | Courage, Inspiration
I’m riding in the buckets over the park, like a ski lift only instead of powder below me it’s concrete and sharp fence lines. The bucket bounces gently as it moves along the cable and all I can think is “what do I grab onto when this whole thing...
Sep 15, 2016 | Courage, Freedom, Inspiration
He said it to me like it was no big deal. “Oh, guess what? I read that the owner of the Goonies House doesn’t allow visitors anymore.” “What?! But we were just there.” “Yeah. Crazy.” For those of you who didn’t grow up...