With each year that goes by, this all means a little bit more. It's so worth the [sometimes very] hard work. What a beautiful life.
The Giovagnoni: 2025 Wrap Up
Reflections on a Year: 2024 in Review
It's the last day of the year, so time to reflect. So much good. But of course that's not all the year held.
All it took was an invitation.
Last week we hosted a gathering for our neighbors - something I've wanted to do for years. You know what I discovered? It was way easier than I expected.
My Marvelous Present
I'm giving myself a gift for my 46th birthday today. And it might just be the best gift I've ever received.
What if…
It seemed like a good idea on paper... Walking away from a job I loved in hopes of discovering what else was out there for me. If only life were as simple as the movies make it seem.
Okay midlife … let’s do this.
In which at 45 my life is taking an unexpected, yet somehow perfectly fitting, right turn.
Thoughts on birth, death and the temporary nature of life.
Christmas is always a conflicted season for me. It a time I think a lot about death, actually. Every year when we pull out the Christmas stuff, out come all the memories.
Brandon Bernard and the Death of Hope
The execution of Brandon Bernard was not just the execution of a man. This was the execution of hope. The execution of redemption.
The Art of Failure
Failing well is an art. I know that because I don’t do it very well. I’m trying to teach my kids how to fail well but I can’t teach them something I don’t know myself. So we are all learning together.
These Words of Mine 