Life is Sailing

A place of life exploration, sailing journeys, and piece of thought

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I am a woman who loves beauty and fun. I sail, read, play games, learn instruments (piano, flute, ukulele, tin whistle, Scottish drums, harmonica), hike, sing, Pickleball, explore, and write. My greatest joy is playing or exploring with my five children and husband. My greatest peace is at the piano or sailing. At the center and surrounding it all is my Savior Jesus Christ.

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  • Inspiring Change

    How do you inspire change? Have you ever seen the effective result of your attempts to promote change, be it in an organization or person? Does anyone have recommendations on books that were helpful to inform them on methods that produce positive change? As a parent, we are often promoters and teachers of change. “Keep…

  • Breakdown in Communication

    Cell phones. Oh, cell phones. I love that they keep us connected with family and friends. How convenient it is to pull up a video on how to fix a car issue or sail faster or parent better. For that moment of joy in our child’s face, we have a readily accessible, easily portable camera…

  • Two Boys

  • A Day on the Water

    (July 26, 2025… yes, another one about sailing ;-) A day on the water, slicing the waves. I had never been on a brand new boat until today. She sailed beautifully! We spoke to her, the skipper and I. The other crew sailed on her, but the skipper and I, we spoke to her. There…

  • Trash Can Walk Poem

    (July 27, 2025) Lights in a black skyBrighter with no light on earthShadow cast by man-made lampDims the shimmer of the stars

  • Time is a Flyin’

    It has already been a week since I posted here! Too easy is it for me to get behind typing on the computer, but I have kept up writing in my notepad on my phone. I will post those writings as soon as I am able to type them up. Speaking of my phone… It…

  • Transformation

    As I walked to drop my children off at school one day, a delicate butterfly crossed my path. She did not fly but crawled along the ground, one of her legs being injured. Her bright beautiful wings fluttered open and closed. She longed to move off the concrete path and onto her favored flowers and…

  • Sailing the Sublime

    Have you sat with thesublime?Flown on the wings of thewind?Tasted the salt spray on yourlips?Exhilaration and peaceAdrenaline and smilesBruises, sore muscles, yetSweet, serene satisfactionSailing the sublime. Most of the photos on this site are ones I have taken. I will always note when the photo was not taken by me. For this one, the credit…

  • Decisions, Choices, Opportunities

    Decisions about schoolsChoices about activitiesOpportunities to pursue.Change necessitates these two and brings about the third.Decisions, choices, opportunities.I saw an opportunityFor my children I thought twas good.Turns out my choice made a very bad decision.I try my bestto find for them, myselfa grand connection, learning place.Much grace requiredI love my kids,They know I am not perfect.God…

  • To Read a Book

    Too long has it been since I sat down and read a book intentionally for more than ten minutes. So this afternoon, I chose to lay across my bed and read for a dedicated thirty minutes. I told my boys it was time for them to read a book too. The rooms grew decently quiet…