The Journey
Welcome to The Journey, a space where Mary McKSchmidt shares her transition from business executive to advocate, photographer, poet, and storyteller. Here, she invites you to walk alongside her as she explores life in the Great Lakes region, its beauty and fragility, and the bonds that connect us all.
Learning Faith
Life's transitions remind me of a caterpillar dangling in a cocoon of darkness. It takes faith to believe one can emerge and spread one's wings in a flurry of color before finally soaring above all doubts, all fears, all...
Protecting the Magic of Michigan for Our Children
My Reader Sitting on my front porch, feet curled up on the edge of the chair, knees scrunched against my chest, I am rocking. I can feel the cool breeze off the lake, hear the wind rustling the dense canopy of leaves overhead, see a few tiny wildflowers...
Dedicated to loving arms reaching to embrace those suffering from chronic depression . . .
Fleeting Moments of Joy It looks as a quilt, patches of thick, coarse cloth pieced together to provide protection. One leaf. Enormous. Alone. I think of a knight, standing proudly, waiting for the princess of his dreams to appear. I stop...