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If you’re looking for inspirational stories, all you have to do is look at pretty much any page in history. For millennia, human beings have found their inner strength and soldiered [...]

Another Memorial Day has come and gone, and another collection of seedlings is in my garden. Mission accomplished! The location in the yard has changed a couple of times, and the size has [...]

I’ve been running Studio Dylan from my home office for the past couple of years. So, I thought it might be helpful to share my advice for maintaining a healthy work-life balance and [...]

Over the last decade, while I was raising my kids, I made it a point to turn inward and discover what it is that makes me happy outside of being a mom, daughter, friend, and hopefully one day [...]

Happy New Decade, everyone! It has been radio silence from me for a long time, and I just want to say I admire Jessica for taking the reigns of The Haute Life, growing it and keeping the content [...]

This post is originally from Memorial Day 2016. Today is my 40th birthday- woo-hoo! Turning 40 and how it feels was supposed to be our weekend post. But, honestly, I couldn’t think of [...]

  We first published this article in February of 2015. In that time, I have found love again and am engaged. But, the message I was trying to convey will always be true. What is probably the most [...]

We are not built to be sedentary. We are not meant to be alone. We are pack animals, and we are meant to move. Given the way we live today, many of us are blind to these primal traits. But if we [...]

I remember the 21st night of September. I remember because September 21st, 2002 is the anniversary of my wedding to my late husband. It’s days like today that make me think anniversaries [...]

This opinion piece was first published on September, 7th 2016 “If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I’d save every day like a treasure and then [...]