...you're going where?! was the response I got from essentially everyone when I told them that Mike and I would be traveling to Albania this past August. Most people can't even find Albania on a map, let alone conceptualize traveling there, but we are now among the fortune few who have!
Last night I had the privilege of being asked to speak at the Executives with Heart Networking and Leadership Reception for the 2017 Greater Washington Region Heart Walk. For the past few years Mike and I have actively participated in, and fundraised for, the Congenital Heart walks
Disorder.
dis·or·der
noun 1.) a state of confusion
verb 1.) disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of
What’s in a name?
Although it sounds cliché, and is often not what one with chronic illness wants to hear, I do believe that everything happens for a reason. While I don't identify as particularly religious, I do consider myself extremely spiritual and in tune with the universe
I was a casual at-home yogi. A little hatha here, some attempts at vinyasa. Lots of restorative practice to buffer my busy and stressful adult life. A full time job, part time graduate school, friends, family, marriage, and some unexplained health issues.