“Love is light for the soul.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita Dear Universe, As you know, I am always on the lookout for signs in whatever way you want to deliver them to me. That’s why I couldn’t help but notice a certain message all around me while I was in London and Paris. Love. Love in London: The trip started …
Follow the Color-Filled Road
“Thoughts are very powerful things. Think of them often enough and long enough and they’ll become self-fulfilling prophecies.” ~Charlotte Reed Dear Universe, I am feeling especially blessed this last week as I have been traveling to some of my favorite cities and new places with one of my favorite people. At least once a day I stop and can’t believe …
London Lesson: Loving and Trying
“Trying is always enough.” ~Patricia Briggs Dear Universe, Leaving Italy was sad, but knowing I was heading to London—a home away from home—made me excited. The thing I was looking forward to most on this last leg of the trip was sharing the experience with my friend, who had never been to London. It would be up to me to …
Life Stories
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~Maya Angelou Dear Universe, I love a good story. I like reading them, hearing them, telling them. I especially love when someone wants to share a personal story. I have found that I am the type of person that people have no problem confiding in. And I’m not …
Ode to Selfridges
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” ~Herman Melville Dear Universe, Well, it’s official. I love Selfridges. (Don’t worry Big Ben, I still love you too.) The very first time I came to London in 2011 my mother introduced me to Selfridges. She explained I had to see it, had to go, had to spend quality …
Regent’s Park
Dear Universe, Let me start off by thanking you for this incredible stretch of gorgeous days! Nothing is more motivating to me than waking up to a sunshine filled sky. It inspires me to get up, get dressed and go out and do something. Anything. So today’s morning adventure? A walk to Regent’s Park. It turns out this gem is …
Arrival
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” ~Lao Tzu Dear Universe, Well, here I am. In London. Again. How I am this lucky, I don’t know, but I am grateful to be here, in this city I really do love and enjoy so much, once more. It’s funny. Usually when I arrive in a …
Still Keeping Calm
Dear Universe, I thought of London this week, as I often do, but this was different. How could I not reminisce about London when this poster kept greeting me every corner I turned at work? “Keep Calm and Flaunt It.” Certainly, the sexiest Keep Calmism I’ve seen yet. But it didn’t just stop there. I headed to class (at a …
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