By Maile Sundquist I asked my mother-in-law what was the one piece of advice she had for me in terms of marriage. She replied,”Don’t have expectations.” Initially I was a bit indignant about what the idea of having no expectation for my marriage or life would imply. However, as I have gotten older, I realize […]
By Maile Sundquist I found a stone the other day outside of Target. It was a polished yellow-hued Quartz with the word “Live” embossed in black upon one of it’s flat sides. It has become popular to leave motivational stones or painted stones that lead back to websites or fan pages for people places or […]
If You Don’t Have Your Health By Maile Sundquist I’d always been an optimistic person. The life of the party, a dreamer, someone who would break into song and dance with furry woodland creatures… until the wicked witch cast a spell on me. When I was 25 I suffered injuries at work and in a […]
What “Live BRIGHT” Means to Me By Maile Sundquist I decided to create an inspirational motto, a short phrase that could be used by me and my fellow Stars as an encouragement to one another and ourselves. Thus Live BRIGHT was born. Yes, the cheese factor isn’t lost on me, but don’t most things in […]
Change By Maile Sundquist I remember watching an episode of Hoarders where a counselor was talking with a woman who hoarded, who still had her young teenage boy under her roof. They were discussing her behavior and addressing the piles and boxes filled with everything he had ever owned or created. The counselor asked the […]
Keeping the Wonder in your Work By Maile Sundquist In 2013, I began writing a fantasy/sci-fi novel set in Japan. I am currently working on the final draft of and illustrations for the first book of the trilogy. I have never taken a proper writing class outside of high school, so it’s been quite a […]
A Drawer Full of Dreams By Maile Sundquist My son has entered the stage where he’s catching onto the fact that there is a big, crazy world going on around him. I’ve noticed lately during feedings that he’ll suck for a moment then pop off my breast to flash me an adorably gummy grin then […]
Practicing Gratitude By Maile Sundquist Although the average person has as much of a chance of having a good day as a bad one, the majority of us seem to go through life sullen, defeated, weary, tired, fearful, and depressed. Life is an ever-changing thing, full of complex circumstances, relationships, points of views, belief systems, […]
In His Arms is Home By Maile Sundquist It’s not often in life that you meet someone whose worldview, interests, and passions align so perfectly with yours. Someone who makes you laugh, is your sounding board and rock, is intelligent, talented, ingenuous, sensitive, not afraid to admit he loves Hello Kitty, and sexy to boot. […]
The Death of Imagination (Nurturing Imagination in the Digital Age) By Maile Sundquist Although I grew up in the ’80s with the emergence of the PC, my family never had a lot of money and I didn’t obtain my first computer until I was 20. It wasn’t until I went to college seven years later […]
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