It would be a lot easier if you picked the excerpts you like as you write the posts so when it comes time to write the year-end post in...

When I was in middle and high school, my best friend (and cross country teammate) and I would frequent a local park with a 1.1 mile loop....

Intro: My dear friend Laura Lavigne is the founder of the Center for Happiness in Anacortes, Washington. I was extremely blessed to...

November was a full month. Between traveling in Washington D.C. and Colorado, visiting with family and friends, and settling into new...

Intro: My dear friend Laura Lavigne is the founder of the Center for Happiness in Anacortes, Washington. I was extremely blessed to...

About halfway through October and halfway under my covers, I was desperately trying to fall asleep when I thought of my monthly Essence....

Intro: My dear friend Laura Lavigne is the founder of the Center for Happiness in Anacortes, Washington. I was extremely blessed to...

I have a vivid memory of lounging on a futon with one of my closest friends many years ago, telling him that September was the one month...

Intro: My dear friend Laura Lavigne is the founder of the Center for Happiness in Anacortes, Washington. I was extremely blessed to...

“I’ve never cancelled a flight before,” I heard myself saying as I laid in the grass in a Los Angeles park, cancelling my flight that was...