“We Can Do Hard Things.” (Like swim in open water swim.)

July 20th, 2025

In Glennon Doyle’s book Untamed, she introduces the world to a wonderful tool she teaches her children, “We can do hard things.”  I easily adopted this as a mantra of my own. “I can do hard things,” as I enter the cold plunge. “I can do hard things,” as I step out of the car […]

The Engagement

July 15th, 2025

Waialea Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii is one of the most beautiful tree-lined beaches in the world. Yesterday was unusually misty and cool, but we’re not fair-weather beachgoers. When the weather shifts, we dig our chairs and feet in and stay put.  We trust the sun to find us again. Because of this, […]

Leis

July 5th, 2025

We have only been on the big island for a few days and already I have so much to write.  Like my inner voice is in prose all the time writing little haikus “My lips are sunburn Perhaps it is your kissing me I think it’s the kiss.” Or sensing in my rogue iambic pentameter […]