Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"It is the nature of babies to be in bliss." ~ Deepak Chopra A week ago Tuesday, after much anticipation, I got the sweetest call from my precious three year old nephew and aunt could receive. In his sweet little voice he exclaimed “Auntie Kate, Pip Jacquelyn!” Which he then repeated several times. Carter phoned me with all [...]
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. As a kid I could not get away from my home town fast enough. If I had the speed of Road Runner, it would not have been adequately quick. As an adult? I find myself [...]
"Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool." ~ Esther Williams As the youngest, by a good fifteen years, I got dragged around a lot! That included moving siblings into school. Even at [...]
If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby. ~ Alison Gopni I am blessed to have grown up with four amazing siblings. They were my first lessons in friendship and examples of what it means. No [...]
"A girl should be two things: Classy and fabulous. ~Coco Chanel Throughout my life I have been influenced by strong, intelligent, soulfully beautiful, women. Women who have taught me to follow my dreams no matter what society may dictate. No matter whether it is a woman's job or a man's job. As long as [...]
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” ~Abraham Lincoln [...]