I think it's nostalgia.  That sweet feeling made out of longing.  Remembering the days at the beach, in our youthfulness.  Laughter echoing in the sand, staying present in everything.  The younger we were, the less real the past was.  The less needy we were of the future.  We just naturally stayed in the moment, without knowing we were in the most unending time of our…

There are so many things to say about what it feels like 14 years after his loss.  When it comes to loss of this kind, time is confusing.  It’s almost as if his passing shoved me out of my body too.  It just took me out of the direct experience of living.  It placed me at a vantage point I never expected.  And because we…

Lately, it has felt as if we have all died and went to some kind of afterlife, where we are all stuck at home. Alone.  This type of interruption of life, seems almost unearthly.  We can’t breathe the air. We can’t hug people.  We can’t travel. We have postponed relationships.  Dreams. Building new houses. Moving. Dating even.  And it seems like, whatever this is, it's…

When the world threw weeds at you, You started planting roses.  When the people told you it’s all over, You started your garden.  You never planted anything before, but you knew you had to. You started with new soil. Water. And some seeds.  Kneeling down, clipping and cutting the weeds, knowing it was the only way to get through these kinds of times.  At first…

If there is one thing I want you to know during these uncertain times is that no matter what happens, this is your life.  I have really thought about this a lot during the last few months.  What if someone I love dies?  What if I get really sick from this virus?  What if.  One day it just hit me.  No matter what happens to…

I have missed having the freedom to get on a plane to go to the ocean.  Hike in my favorite trails in Sedona.  Visit my dad in Greece for his 80th birthday last weekend.  I was supposed to be there.  It reminds me of how life used to be before we had cars and planes.  Even though humans were hunters and gatherers, they did take…