When Nothing Works out...Everything does.
Good morning world, I’m writing to you from my desk in my studio, looking out the window at the gathering leaves in my yard. We are approaching October here in New England, my favorite time of year. The air is getting crispy, the windows are open and reflection on the past year has officially begun. This year is especially significant for me. Last year at this time I had no idea my life was about to take a very dramatic turn. I was entering my fifth month of marriage to my new wife, my kids were settling into kindergarten and 2nd grade, I was making plans for the future as a family, and the outlook was rosy. As we entered October, a few things started going “wrong.” My basement was flooded by the pool company, causing thousands of dollars of damage and destroying several important items to my wife and myself. Financially we were struggling to get by, as the painting and design business we had started that summer wasn’t taking off as we planned. At the same point, peri-menopause s...
