Margi Dehlin graduated from Brigham Young University with a major in English and a minor in Philosophy. During her time at BYU, Margi competed on their cross country and track teams all around the country. After all that running, Margi is now content to live the slower life. One that is filled with the beauty of the outdoors, a connection to health and wellness, the daily dose of a good book, hot baths, and a deep and abiding connection to those she loves most. Margi believes that one of the most powerful forms of art we can create is that of a meaningful and joy-filled life.

A Poem for You…

Parachute by Jena Schwartz I found myself wondering how best to thank you for picking up for dropping out for pulling it out of me for playlists and secret notebooks of words you pluck as if from strings in the sky chords you strike and covers you lift for risking failure in the name of

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Mindful Parenting

“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples, and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die.

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When Things Fall Apart

  “It may be when we no longer know what to do, that we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.”      Wendell Berry If there is one thing I am asked the most, it is IF I

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The Gift of Autumn

Each year, I am equally surprised when autumn bursts into full view. There is no ignoring it.  The leaves morph and change before our eyes, moving away from their emboldened green color to the bright yellows or reds that change the landscape around us and demand we stop and pay attention. The feel of the

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