The picture at the top of my blog is from the Chihuly exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens back in October, 2004. It was taken the weekend before my husband proposed to me. (I actually thought he was going to pop the question that day, amid all the beauty of colorful sculpted glass. I got over my disappointment soon thereafter.)

The image aptly describes my personality. I love beauty. I am an optimist. I am fun and zany. I welcome many different ideas, but I still stick to the person I know myself to be.

Live Lightly – this is a constant direction to myself to focus on all things light: optimistic attitude, recognizing the many bright spots in life, being a bright spot in other people’s lives, focusing my energy on being light-hearted (my natural state when I am not weighed down with worry), and attempting a light carbon footprint.

Laugh Often – just seemed to roll with the alliterative punch. And I do laugh a lot. It burns calories.