by Jeni | Sep 16, 2020 | 2020, Dogs, Food, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Marriage, Relationships, Travel
Dear 2020, I remember our first days together being so dreamy. You were so exciting with all of your plans and promises. I was dazzled by our first trip together to the Galapagos in January. Felt like a honeymoon really, with hiking, snorkeling, and plenty of sun and...
by Jeni | May 26, 2020 | Dogs, Downsizing, Food, Letting Go, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Many of you have asked recently if our plans have changed due to the quarantine. I don’t think anyone’s plans have remained completely untouched by the global pandemic, ours included. We are just taking one day at a time, like the rest of you. In the last...
by Jeni | May 5, 2020 | Family, Food, Graduation, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death
Devin and Cody, We’ve been anticipating May 2020 as the time when our family would celebrate your graduations from college for at least four years, maybe longer. I remember Cody telling us when he was seven that he planned to go to college in New York. We...
by Jeni | Mar 22, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Family, Food, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Yoga
Mom would’ve been 87 this Wednesday, March 25th. Of course, I didn’t always think she was right about everything, but it turns out a few things she taught me have stuck. I’ve felt so grateful these past few weeks that she died in March 2019 and not...
by Jeni | Dec 29, 2019 | Family, Food, Travel, Yoga
Gijon, Spain 2019 Starting January 1st, 2020, Rocky and I will begin a one year countdown to our move to Northern Spain. While it may seem sudden to some of you, this is a plan we started working towards in September 2017. After hosting two back-to-back hiking and...