by Karen Justice | Aug 30, 2023 | Inspirational, Self Care
Summer Transition Students are back in school or soon will be. The last summer beach trips are wrapping up. Summer’s heat is vacillating during her last few weeks of 2023. For many of us, our moods are also vacillating. We’re transitioning into Fall. New projects will...read more
by Karen Justice | Jul 7, 2023 | Self Care
Roots There is much to be learned from the roots of things, including words. The word “vacation” has roots in medieval Anglo-French. Before that, the Anglo-French word had grown from the Latin words vacātiō and vacāre. Those words meant “respite from service” and “to...read more
by Karen Justice | Jul 6, 2022 | Self Care
When we were young, we were delighted when school was out. We had the entire summer to play and do nothing. Now that we’re adults, we don’t have that long summer break.* Yet, since the sunlit days are longer and we have vacation time, summer does bring us lots of...read more
by Karen Justice | Jun 24, 2022 | Self Care
Lyrics from an old, old song are running through my head: “Take good care of yourself, you belong to me.” I’ve been concerned about a dear friend of mine and the song has been on “Repeat” for three days! The tune, however, does have me thinking about taking care of...read more