This August marks a milestone in my life. A year ago, I ended up in the hospital a few times. I had not been feeling well for a while, but the long weekend in August my symptoms got so severe that I couldn’t even keep water down anymore.

I haven’t known Jim (a.k.a. The Travel Mammal) very long but we have become great friends in only a few months. Sometimes it actually feels like I have known him for years to be honest. As you will see in the vlog he created for me below, he is hilarious. I laugh every time I talk to him! I am a strong believer that people come into your life at a certain time for a reason and that is definitely the case with him

Sylvain and his wife Caroline are incredible people and I am very lucky to call them my friends! They are the type of people that you can sit for hours with having real, deep, thought-provoking and inspiring conversations. I first met Syl at a networking event when I was doing my event planning business full time. It was a natural connection because he is a very talented videographer so we were in the same industry. We worked together a few times and it didn’t take long for me to become great friends with him and his beautiful wife. Anyone that knows these two, know they are pretty much the sweetest couple ever! I adore them.

My godson Nicholas is a special boy. Although he is only three and a half, he has taught me some of the most important life lessons I will ever learn and has changed me in a profound way. Despite all of the many challenges that he has been faced with in his short life, Nicholas is one of the happiest little boys I have ever met. And I am lucky enough to be his godmommy.