by Jenn | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog, word of the year
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It’s no secret that 2020 was an unprecedented year marked by grief, loss, and disconnection, so I won’t belabor that point here. I made a conscious decision when the pandemic hit in March that I was...
by Jenn | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, election 2020, Life, Pandemic Ponderings, Spirituality
I can honestly say that this is the LAST place I ever would have expected to find myself tonight (or any night, really). But, it was dark by the time I finished teaching so a beach walk wasn’t possible and I *really* needed to protect my peace before working the...
by Jenn | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Coaching, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Life, Pandemic Ponderings
The easy thing is usually *not* the right thing. It’s the easy thing to leave your trash all over the beach after a day of fun in the sun. But it’s not the right thing. It’s the easy thing to not quarantine or wait in long testing lines after...
by Jenn | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Decision Making, self esteem through art
Hello there! Man, oh man—I miss you! How are you doing? That’s not a rhetorical question, I seriously want to know. It’s been a series of ups and downs for me the past 4+ months. Some days, I feel like I am drowning in loss and grief and trauma, and other...
by Jenn | Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Pandemic Ponderings
Well, here we are. Unified at last, because there is one common enemy we are all trying to protect ourselves from. 🦠You can’t marginalize or dehumanize this virus. 🦠 COVID-19 doesn’t care who you are or how much money you have. 🦠 It doesn’t care how...
by Jenn | Mar 14, 2020 | Blog, Pandemic Ponderings
At the end of February, I remember looking at my husband after a mind-numbingly exhausting weekend of volleyball for one daughter, basketball for the other, basketball and meetings for him, and my head on a swivel and I said, “I simply can’t help but...
