In life there are shoulds. But what if you started from wishes, hopes, dreams? Before there are regrets. Live with no reservations.

Beautiful Steven's Pass and shadows of the ski lift against the mountain frame the first blue bird day for one mighty and small skier.

The air was cool and crisp and the sun shined for the first time in a month. And the sun was forgiven for being in hiding.

First there was fog. And then, in a moment there was perfect clarity.

My boys also have monsters under their bed. The thing is, I told them they are there.

Perhaps the most important choice we all face every day is to choose courage. The courage to find and make our own way.

This time Eli walked confidently across the bridge. We got to the other side and he said calmly, "get pancakes?

For a brief period it stopped raining and as far as I'm concerned in the Pacific Northwest not raining = good weather.

@The.Series.Project resumes in 2020. It was an unexpectedly clear January night after the clouds parted. Tourists in our own town.

The books about the Paw Patrol don't give me goosebumps, so I thought I'd share this one: The Boy Who Spoke to the Earth.

Love is abundant. It is expansionary and inclusive. Beautiful and mysterious. And it is also universal.

Joseph Campbell famously said "Follow Your Bliss". I'll take this as a sign from the universe that I am on the right path.

I could see three mountains clear and bright in the distance. Hood. Adam's. St. Helen's. The mountains called me and I listened.

Each time I walk into my cafeteria at work I tell myself: Eat a Salad Yo. It's EASY. Eventually I hope to believe it.

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As a working mother of three I often get asked how I do it all. Then I joke that I am Wonder Woman. All mamas are Wonder Women.

We walked over to the Magnolia neighborhood Starbucks for some marshmallow dream bars and hot chocolates.

They were his first favorite pair of shoes. He liked to say that they give him blazing speed.

We joked around and laughed and remembered how much fun we are. It had been five years since we'd sat down to a gorgeous patter oysters.