You may be close to giving up on me, so I’m saying something. I took a break from blogging. For two reasons. First, my already-full life became overstuffed and I had to let something go. I’m …
Guns Killed People
Last week I absorbed, with horror, news story after news story of a gunman opening fire at a bar near where I used to live. Where so many of my close friends still live. Where we celebrated Dave’s …
Turn Down The Volume, Please
Do you struggle with kindness? Are complaints seeping into your thoughts or speech? Do you find yourself losing patience with people or situations? For most of this year, my daily intention was …
Grief is a Trickster
Here’s the thing about grief. It’s always lying in wait. Just below the surface, waiting for a quiet moment. When the house is dark, the music stops, the kids are asleep…grief creeps in and sweeps …
If you could turn back time, would you?
If you could go back in time and change one decision you made, would you do it? In my early 20’s, my answer would have been YES. I made a lot of unhealthy choices in the name of having fun, easing …
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So. Much. Gratitude.
And joy. And spoiler alert: they’re related. I spent the first part of the morning at a volunteer training in order to teach art literacy to my 3rd grader’s class next week. We made clay pinch pots …