What I Learned About Life from My Friends

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim There are people who have been blessed with great beauty, others with inredible talent, still others with an abundance of wealth but I have been blessed with awesome friends! I could write an encyclopedia extolling the virtues of my friends but will limit my gushing to just [...]

Life is Like A Moon Bounce

Written by Karen D. Swim Yesterday, my family gave a surprise party to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday.  The first thing I saw when I arrived on the street was the top of the moon bounce peeking over the top of my sister’s house.  (A moon bounce is kind of like an enclosed trampoline, except [...]

The Ebb and Flow of Life

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim I closed my eyes and visualized the ebb and flow of the ocean. In my mind’s eye I was transported to the familiarity of the Pacific standing at ocean’s edge watching the tide rise and fall. Seagulls flew overhead and the air seemed to rock with the [...]

Do You Trust Your Instincts?

Written by Karen D. Swim The other day I stood in line at an office supply store.  It was hot, humid and I was in no particular hurry to leave the air conditioned store.  As I waited to pay for my purchase, I turned my attention to the customer at the front of the line.  [...]

How to Get Your Groove Back

Written by Karen D. Swim It happens to the best of us. Your get up and go gets up and well goes. You feel lethargic and uninspired. Your creative muse hides out leaving you in the lurch.  You try to break through the funk but it’s like trying to climb out of quick sand with [...]