There's No Place Like Home

Hello my friends!

How are you?  I've been reaching out to so many of you over these past few months, to see how you and your family are doing.  

The number one thing that I've heard during these phone calls, besides hating wearing masks, is that families have been spending more time together, doing things... together.

Some of you have baked bread.  Some of you have done virtual 10ks.  Some of you had babies.  Some of you got pregnant.  Some of you entered a new chapter of your life.

But across the board... I heard that time was spent... together. In love. In reconnecting.  In creating together.  In thriving.  In everything.

Many discovered that all they really need, is in the place they live and love.

Isn't it interesting that when hard times hit, that's when we really figure things out? 

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Dorothy understood that after all of her whirlwind adventures in Oz, that really, the best place was home.

It is my wish that as we enter the new school year, and you are trying to figure out your "new normal",  that you'll discover, after all is said and done and dusted, "there's no place like home".

As you get ready for the new school year, may you have good days where learning together is a joy.  May the rough days bring you even closer together.

With love,

Megan

Is Your Heart's Desire In Your Back Yard?

It's been an interesting time, hasn't it?  Being in #lockdown, folks all over the world have been able to reconnect with their loved ones, and rediscover what they love about each other.  Some have been struggling.  Some have done a lot of introspection, and taking the time for self care and discovering what they really want in their lives.

One thing that I think has happened is that people have been finding ways to appreciate their lives at home.  We're a busy society, and it's always a rush. 

• Get up early
• Get the kids up and ready for school
• Go to work
• Work
• Go home
• Take kids to activities
• Make dinner
• Clean
• Bedtime routine
• Sleep

Do you see any time for savoring time with family?  Enjoying your home, which for many people is a symbolic sanctuary?  

I believe that we've been given this time, as hard as it has been for so many people with health issues and financial loss, to be able to rediscover what exactly is in our own back yard.  That's where our heart's desire is.

So as you mow the lawn, work in the garden, and tend to your patio, look around your back yard.  Watch your pets as they lounge around in the sunshine. Watch your kids as they play tag, laughing and jumping in the sprinkler.  With every stripe of grass you mow, see it as releasing the stress of your "old life", and realize that your heart's desire really is in your own back yard.

The lesson that Dorothy learned in the movie, is that she really is smarter than she thought, was more compassionate than she thought, and was more courageous than she thought.  And in doing so, discovered that her heart's desire was in her own back yard, with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, and their farm hands.  And of course, Toto.

Bee in love with the heartwork of your life.