10 Things I’m Grateful for in 2021

10 things I'm very grateful for in 2021 (so tough to pick just 10!):

1. Despite Omicron & cancelled flights & snow storms, my family laughing together at Christmas. [We didn’t know it at the time, but this would be our last Christmas with my Mom. She passed away 3 months later.]

2. Amazing clients, who become dear friends, too, some of whom travelled to the beach with me this year to celebrate our work individually and together in 2021 and to embark on 2022 at the dawning of the first new moon.

3. A wonderful home for my Mom, where she feels loved and adored and cared for in the ways she so deeply deserves...and that ever present sparkle in her beautiful blue eyes.

4. This guy Bryan Dean, the love of my life, who makes me laugh and cry in the best ways, who never gives up and always shows up when I need him most...and for beautiful hikes together in Forest Park.

5. For my first artist residency with dear friend Amy Daileda at Sou’wester Lodge...and the gorgeous clouds and sunsets and walks on the beach.

6. For reconnecting, at last, with my beautiful, powerful, thoughtful cousin Val Teters for the first of many-to-come girls weekends on the island.

7. xo-conspiring as sisters-you-choose on adventures in Colorado, as partners in non-profit co-creation for REViVE Hope for Health, and in point of YOU client work together with Michelle Phelps.

8. Getting to meet Troy Ismir, my brother-from-another-mother, face-to-face after 4 1/2 years of xo-conspiring via Zoom.

9. Campfire cooked oysters and overnights at the beach in the truck...and BIG LAUGHS with Bryan, when I need them most.

10. Audri! Joybug. Lovebug. Coconut. Kuten. Love her so so much. Can't imagine life without this playful little furbaby.