Posts Tagged: 2015

The Amazing Race – On Nantucket

16 Nov 2015 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

There are so many memorable scenes in the 1994 blockbuster movie, Forrest Gump, that it’s hard to pick a favorite. But, one of the most famous and oft quoted, is when Forrest offers his new “friend” on the park bench a chocolate and then imparts his mother’s wisdom to her. “My mama always said life […]

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Sowing Seeds

25 Feb 2014 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

Steve Maraboli, bestselling author of Unapologetically You, Reflections on Life and the Human Experience, suggests that “you’re frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds.” There may be some who suffer from the frustration Maraboli describes, but there are many others quietly out there […]

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Time For Change

27 Aug 2013 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

It’s been said, “You don’t know what you don’t know, but when you do know you have to do something about it.” When Darcy Creech, founder and CEO of Peter Beaton Inc of Nantucket, visited a child named Joyce in the tiny village of  Olkolili, Tanzania in 2010, she discovered something she did not know…Joyce […]

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