The Ginger *Snap*s

Did you know airplanes, or more so, airline schedules are 90% off course when they leave the ground? Yet despite this, most of them arrive at their intended destination and the intended time. Mind blown! What I’m getting at here is between air traffic control and guidance systems pilots are constantly course correcting. See where…

Our lives are guided by natural rhythms that are particular to each of us and cannot be altered by force of will alone. Life itself is a journey made up of processes and events that manifest before us only to be swept away when time marches on. Whether we envision ourselves creating a career, building…

There’s a lot of angst going on right now, we’re all a little scared, all a little angry, all a little worried for our loved ones new and old. I had my first anxiety attack last week since my foot fiasco last year. At that time I was worried I’d never walk again. Now I’m…

noun: the state of being romantically infatuated or obsessed with another person, characterized by a strong need for reciprocity. Expressed as having a crush with someone which can last months, years or a lifetime. This often forms under some form of adversity such as an affair. You want a love that consumes you, you want…

A couple years ago I wrote a letter to my snuffleupagus future partner about needs versus wants. Mostly to keep my heart grounded and live with intention without falling into desperation. However, in a world of casual, its easy to get discouraged from wanting more. (Don’t know about you but I could not read that…

Some of you are familiar with my story. Some are just tuning in to Jenn 3.0. To fill you in, in 4 short years I have divorced my best friend, buried a parent, completed a graduate program and half a doctorate, moved 3 times, sold and bought 3 houses and changed jobs…3 times. You can…

Places change us more than you realize. We travel to the familiar and foreign and meet people, sometimes assimilating into cultures that challenge our perception. Sometimes we breeze through, sometimes we outstay our welcome, sometimes we come back to people and places and take root. The questions that keep you up at night become bigger…

Perhaps we are just one chapter within our respective stories. We don’t know what will happen in the space and time apart and maybe everything will change. Or maybe time won’t even come close to breaking the crimson thread of connection from me to you, because time is irrelevant. I respect your journey. I wish…

It happened early in the morning on the sunny deck that used to be our favorite place to drink coffee and watch the dogs play in our acre wood. We were well into a busy year that left little time for self care, let alone couple care. We seemed to be leaving the all-things-dreamy phase…