We got back from Spring Break in San Diego last week, and I am already dreaming and scheming about more travel with my family. I feel like this time with them is so fleeting, and I love having adventures with them. 

My current theory is that the way we think about retirement is completely messed up. Why work your butt off until you’re really old and then get your free time? When your body doesn’t feel very good? And your children are grown? 

I would much rather work longer (my job brings immense meaning into my life) and punctuate my life with more trips–“mini retirements,” if you will, while I’m

By the end of this year, I want to be able to say that I feel “balanced, connected, full of vitality, and at peace.” While it’s definitely difficult to feel “at peace” given what’s happening in the United States right now (I can’t even imagine what I would feel if I were a person of color, LGBTQ, Muslim, or undocumented), I’m trying to work on the “connected” part. 

Matt and I are both introverted, so it feels easy to spend an entire weekend with just our little family. Yet at the same time, we enjoy other people and want to build deeper connections with our friends. 

That’s where “Sunday Supper”