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 […]
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 […]
Ohana By Maile Sundquist My heart is both heavy and full tonight. I recently lost two uncles – the last of my father’s four siblings – making it the end of a generation on that side of my family. My father passed in 1990 of cancer and having the last of his siblings pass has […]
More Time, More Money, More Meaning: Living Simply to Simply Live By Maile Sundquist Aloha Stars, I read a Facebook post the other day by a friend who was reflecting on an article in the New York Times which tells the story of a few Stanford students who, although accomplished, buckled under the pressures of […]
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