Earlier this week, I attended the annual Spring Arts Showcase at my daughter’s school. It’s an evening of student performances and a gym gallery filled with artwork from the year. For the fifth graders, it’s a milestone—their last spring at the school before moving on. This year, one of the final songs was an original by a student, and a single lyric stood out: “Sometimes you have to say goodbye to things you love.”
Watching these kids navigate their first big goodbye reminded me how profound these threshold moments can be at any age. Alumni from years past cheered on the current class, creating a beautiful bridge between where these kids are going and where they’ve been.
🌿 A Reading That Reframed Things
The Power Pause by Neha Ruch – This book keeps circling back into my conversations. I shared it with a few friends recently, but it also came up unexpectedly in a meeting last week with someone I’d just met—she mentioned it offhand and it sparked a deeper conversation about pivoting, purpose, and redefining ambition. It’s one of those reads that lingers.
🍷 A Discovery Worth Sipping
COTE Wine Club – From the same team behind COTE Korean Steakhouse (NYC, Miami, Singapore, Vegas), this sommelier-led subscription dials up the fun without the fuss. Each box features bottles from small producers and emerging regions, with tasting notes and origin stories that read more like travel postcards than product sheets. Thoughtful, surprising, and beautifully done.
Note: U.S.-only for now—but worth bookmarking if you're stateside or visiting.
♥️ A Parisian Detail
Officine Universelle Buly 1803 – A historic apothecary with the sensibility of a museum gift shop: rose-scented pomades, engraved combs wrapped like heirlooms, and the most elegant candles. It’s old-world beauty meets design-forward indulgence—and ships nearly anywhere. A favorite for beautifully made gifts, for others and for myself!
✨ A Question I’m Sitting With
What would make this easier?
It’s a simple reframe I’ve been leaning into. One that opens up options I hadn’t considered. Sometimes it means rearranging my workspace. Sometimes it means letting go of something that doesn’t actually need to be done. It’s surprising how often the hard thing becomes softer just by asking.
🎧 A Conversation That Resonated
More Than One Thing by Athena Calderone – This podcast gathers multi-hyphenates to explore how they’ve built lives that hold all their creative identities. In this episode, Waris Ahluwalia (actor, jewelry designer, wellness expert, and more) reflects on the value of curiosity, the courage to pivot, and the power of presence. It’s a reminder that success doesn’t have to fit into one lane—or one title.
🪷 Thoughts this week: It’s not often you get to witness beginnings and endings in the same room. Watching alumni celebrate current students was a reminder that saying goodbye doesn’t just mean letting go; it can also mean widening the circle. As adults, we sometimes forget that transitions hold both loss and celebration, and that part of growing up is learning how to show up for someone else at the start of something new.
🧿 Warmth and wonder, wherever you are.
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