Introduction from Alana: January is National Mentoring Month and it has me thinking a lot about mentorship and the people who have helped to shape my life and set me on various paths to success. As a sort of personal celebration of mentorship, I re-read a beautiful book edited by my friend, Marcia McMullen, entitled, […]
Optimistic About 2015
Time sure does fly by, doesn’t it? In the blink of an eye, POOF! another year, gone. It was a tough one, 2014. Vis-à-vis other years, it seemed to be filled with more heartbreak and change and challenge and oddities and disappointments and sadness and loss than expected. Moving past the downside, I must also […]
Everywhere Man
A few weeks ago, a huge box arrived. Curious, I sliced through the packing tape, dug through the tissue paper and found an adorable plush turtle staring back at me! It was a gift from a friend. On his shell were stickers from destinations visited, near and far. I pressed the cleverly concealed button on […]