Savoring the Now

Image by kodama (home) via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim We spend much of our lives eagerly looking forward to what is next. Initially, those forward looking moments are anchored to milestones in our development. – the first day of school, the first double digit birthday, legal driving age, adulthood and so on. Yet, [...]

Sidewalk Surprises

Written by Karen D. Swim In the past several months I have been forced happy to walk everywhere I go. My most frequent errand is to the grocery store so I have spent a great deal of time traveling the same routes. Since there are only so many routes I’ve gotten to know the stretch [...]