Gratitude

Stirring the Pot of a Good Life

If life came with an instruction manual, most of us would lose it somewhere between “How to Assemble Dreams” and…

1 month ago

The Clock Nobody Owns

Most of us live like time is sitting in our back pocket, right beside our wallet and car keys. We…

4 months ago

Your Portable Pura Vida Plan

It’s a bit amusing, really. I’m sitting here by my pool in Costa Rica, soaking in humidity like it’s a…

6 months ago

Dusting Off Gratitude

Gratitude used to be the kind of thing your grandmother kept in the china cabinet, right beside the fancy plates…

6 months ago

Our First Tropical Christmas

If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…

6 months ago

A Pura Vida Christmas Countdown

As the Christmas parade was on in Atenas last night, what better way to kick off the season than a…

7 months ago

Building a Better Day, One Thought at a Time

It’s hard to deny that negativity has become the soundtrack of our times. Flip on the TV, and there it…

7 months ago

The Uniform That Still Speaks

It was the day after Remembrance Day in a small Canadian town, where poppies still clung to winter jackets and…

8 months ago

The Meals That Shaped Us

Food today feels more like a debate than a delight. Scroll through social media and you’ll find everyone convinced they’ve…

8 months ago

Happiness Poured Simple

It had been years since they had walked the halls of their old college, but here they were again, a…

10 months ago