Ruthie Lanigan
Stories of Life

I tried to come up with one word that describes everything that has been happening over the past month. I was sure I would find some...

I’m not even sure how to start this. We are moving out of state. As a lot of you know, this means a new journey for us. Very exciting....

I’m sitting here in the dark looking down at a dark chicken coop with no noise coming out of it. Of course it is dark, so that is normal....

One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to go camping. Fortunately, twice a year we are able to camp with anywhere from 100...

This morning I woke up feeling wonderful and full of gratitude. Jim was still sleeping so every was quiet. Except Connor (the chicken)...

This morning I had yet another one of my “firsts” in life. Yes, at age 55 you can still have a hell of a lot of firsts! This one was...

We just had an interesting weekend that we started planning on Tuesday. I made a suggestion to Jim that since we had nothing going on...

I absolutely adore travel. In fact, I can’t imagine life without it. I’m not positive where this love began but I know it goes way back...

As I was driving to work one day this week, I happened to look down at my hand on the steering wheel. It was in the same place it...

Our Jamaican vacation was no exception. Our last day was spent just enjoying. We swam and sat in the sun. Nothing terribly eventful...

Day 4 was our excursion day. I was quite excited as I had never been very far outside of Negril. We were going on a trip to the Black...

Today was a “Plan B” day and it turned out amazing. The original plan was to fish early in the morning and snorkel in the afternoon… with...

This was the night we headed to 3 Dives for the best jerk chicken (or lobster or pork) I have ever tasted. But first, we had a full day...

And it was….. Our January 2019 trip to Negril, Jamaica was once again an amazing adventure filled with good people, good food, good...

It wasn’t until recently that I truly understood the word empath. I knew the word “empathy” and understood what it meant but didn’t...