Perspective doesn’t arrive by accident — it grows when we choose to slow down, focus, and fully inhabit the moment we’re in. To gain perspective is to gain clarity. And to flip it around, to gain clarity is also to gain perspective. You can’t have either without focus. 2025 was a year to remember. My family and I walked through a season of significant change. My husband was laid off at the end of March and didn’t find new work until September. My daughter got married, making

A season of firsts, a few lasts, and the bittersweet realization that time never slows down. If you asked me now, “Would you do it again?” my knee-jerk reaction would be a hard no. But in hindsight? I’d consider it. Some aspects of it, anyway. Certainly not adorning an afghan and walking down a runway (that’s a one-time-only kind of thing), but maybe next time with a less… unconventional outfit. I’m all for stepping outside of my comfort zone, but a girl has to have her bound