Checking it Twice…

by | Dec 23, 2018 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family, Travel, Yoga

“Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born” David Whyte With just days left of 2018, I dug out the list of intentions that I wrote in January to see how the year stacked up.  Being a planner and list maker, I look forward to this year-end...

The Good Is Coming

by | Jul 22, 2018 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family

Jack Nicholas, professional golfing legend, used the mantra, “The good is coming,” whenever he found himself falling behind in a golf tournament. According to the story, this helped keep him from spiraling out of control with self-judgement and frustration...

An Unlikely Church

by | Aug 20, 2017 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family

  It was Sunday morning but we had no plans to go to church. I spent my first ten years as the daughter of Christian missionary parents in Japan and have found comfort and community in churches at various times in my life. Recently though, I have felt more...

The Story of Tan

by | Aug 18, 2017 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Yoga

The first time I met Tanner, it was November 5, 2010. I was hosting a yoga retreat at Skamania Lodge near the border of Washington and Oregon.  I was wearing my yoga-retreat-coordinator hat and attitude that day, not my crazy-about-dogs hat. I walked into the first...

Finding Dorothy

by | Jun 28, 2017 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Family

I’m currently living a real-life version of the movie, Finding Dory, the sweet story about a fish with memory issues who sets out to find her long-lost parents. Only this fishy saga is about my Mom and her search for her dear friend, DJ (Dorothy Jean), who I...