I’ve been a part of the Nonahood News staff for close to five months now, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life. The content in this paper, put together by those in the Lake Nona community, is unique, original, positive and overall inspiring. I feel that I get to know each writer and the portion of the community they specifically … [Read more...]
Wings of Change
It was 11 months ago that I wrote my Editor’s Note about change (https://nonahoodnews-dev.10web.cloud/editors-note-change-air/). A heck of a lot has happened in that time. I’m learning to embrace change as a vehicle for opportunity, improvement, self-reflection, and discovering what I’m really capable of and what I really want in life. I have many favorite quotes, but one … [Read more...]
Home, Sweet Home
This month marks four years since we packed up our home in Indiana and left everyone and everything we’d known as a family for more than 20 years. It was exciting and scary all at once. I couldn’t wait for my Midwestern daughters to see palm trees and experience the roar of waves hitting the beach, both for the first time. The only stop of many that I remember during my years … [Read more...]
Summer Hibernation
When I lived in the Midwest, it was often dark and dreary – for more than half the year, it seemed to me. And in the winter, when the cold would take your breath away and literally freeze your nose hairs, people didn’t leave the house unless they really had to … to go to work, to get groceries, to go to school, the basics. We didn’t linger and chill out with neighbors outside … [Read more...]
Help! I’m Stuck!
What do you do when you’re stuck? When you find yourself spinning your wheels but making no progress? When you feel trapped in a perpetual state of mediocrity or “survival mode” setting? I’m talking days of writer’s block. And processes, procedures, and daily routines that used to work but suddenly don’t, and I’m not 100 percent sure why. My go-to solution is to take a nap … [Read more...]