Take time for renewal! This spring there is time to reflect on the last few years and reset my priorities to reflect my values. Singing and teaching take a front seat but I also believe in real food, real friends and mindfulness over how we treat the nature we find ourselves in. Don’t forget to be grateful and take the time to care for yourself as well as others.

In February, I was given the honor and opportunity to help care for my mother in her final days. Her children had spent many anxious months concerned about her health, wellbeing and dignity as a person. We felt she deserved the best kind of compassionate care from skilled professionals. She did not ever wish to be a burden on anyone so it was a difficult challenge to help her in those last years struggling with dementia. As a family were we lucky that despite so many changes, the essential core of herself remained there - a Mom wanting to do things in her own way and leave on her own terms.