My Journey as a Retreat Host | Live and Grow Retreats I am thrilled to share some exciting news with you all—I am embarking on a new chapter in my business: My journey as a retreat host! This endeavor has been a dream of mine for quite some time, and I can hardly contain my […]

I am so excited to be participating as a speaker on my friend April Childers’ Beyond the Barracks Summit! Eight women veterans and myself share our stories about our military life and how we transitioned into the civilian world. SUMMIT DETAILS: Summit Dates: June 10-14, 2024 Q&A Forum: June 15, 2024, at 10 AM Central […]

Edinburgh Couple Photo Session I had a different blog post scheduled for today but changed it last minute because its Valentine’s Day and I want to honor my FOREVER VALENTINE! Curt and I are not big on gifts and I don’t get upset when I don’t get flowers on those special days. He is actually […]

My Word of the Year for 2024: Transformation Over the last ten years I have picked My Word of the Year. I have done it every year except last year. I came up with a number of reasons why I didn’t have a word for 2023. It really boiled down to me entering 2023 mentally […]

Today Friday Favorites post is all about some of my favorite things. Things that I love and want to share with you. One of my favorite things is Leven Rose Rosehip Seed Oil for Face. I am not sure if it’s me getting older or the altitude in Colorado but my skin has gotten extremely […]

It is hard to believe that today I’m celebrating my 29th wedding anniversary! Time sure does fly. Today and every day he’s still the one! He’s the one that I belong to. The one I want to grow old with. The one that holds my hand and always makes me laugh. Curt, I had no […]

Fiestas Patronales in Guachinago Jalisco One of the many things I love about Mexico is their devotion to traditions and the richness of their culture.  The same can be said for Guachinango Jalisco, a small rural town and municipality located in central-western Mexico and my place of birth. One of the many traditions in Guachinango […]

If you know me you know I’m not big into New Year Resolutions. They just don’t work for me. Instead of New Years Resolutions, I like to pick a word for the year. I have been doing this for the last eight years. Now picking a word takes a lot of thought process, reflection in […]

When I think of my childhood, I think of my humble beginnings, I think of this place, El Tecolote (The Owl). This is my maternal grandparent’s ranch. The place where I was born. Where I took my first breath, my first steps. Its the place where I spent every summer up to my teenage years. […]

Day four of our trip took us to explore the Colosseum and Foro Palatino Con Mostra in Italy. To be at a place I only read about for years, was surreal. I tried to put myself at that time in history wondering what it would be like to have lived during then, being an actual […]