There’s an old Irish saying: If you don’t use your power, it will leave you for someone who will. Ireland. ~ A Novel by Frank Delaney It has been almost two years since we visited Ellis Island and …
Are You Looking for Solutions or Reminders?
When we first brainstormed the idea of the Daily Livits, we were on a wild beach in the Basque Country of Spain. Blog readers were asking for advice about applying concepts that were important to …
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Secrets of Italian Beaches
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the …
Raising The Roof: How to Expand Your Definition of Home
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays The kids ripped open Easter cards from their aunt and $20 …
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One Good Reason Not to Travel
There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly? ~ Erin Hanson “So mom, I calculated electricity and internet and food …
What Gifts Are You About to Receive?
Two years ago, as I was backing out of my parents' driveway in Washington, I was introduced to one of their friends. With three tired children in the car and a ferry boat to catch, the conversation …
