Remember back to your childhood? Close your eyes and see the fluttering of a beautiful monarch butterfly, gracefully ascending and descending from flower to flower. Harken back to that early science class when you learned about the caterpillar, its journey into the chrysalis and the remarkable metamorphosis from a creepy crawly critter to a graceful winged acrobat. Caterpillars are not the only creatures that transform themselves. We as humans also undergo metamorphoses, many of them actually over the course of our lives. Read more »

We say that the only sure thing in life is that it will change. These changes, welcome or not, can range from the tiniest ones, like waves gently lapping at our feet, all the way to shifts that hit like a tsunami. For me last fall, the sea of change was gentle. Life was rolling along easily, and it felt good. Stay in this moment and enjoy this feeling I told myself, but no one can stop the natural flow of life. There were rumblings, concerns. I watched. I tried not to worry, but the tsunami hit with life altering force. Read more »