Last summer, I gladly took Katherine to see the latest Disney movie, Brave. Finally, there was a depiction of a strong and imperfect girl on the big screen. We loved the movie because it was fun and I loved it even more because it sent an important message to my little girl. When we went [...]
Read moreFor years, I listened to the Oprah channel on XM Radio. Around the time that Oprah’s television show went off the air, the radio channel suffered and I stopped listening. Earlier this week, I stumbled on the station again and Oprah was interviewing John Kabat-Zinn whose work I love. I stopped to listen for [...]
Read moreThis morning I was feeling uninspired so I leafed through my journal to find some tidbit of something. As I flipped through pages, I found this. “While out walking Daisy, Katherine looked up and saw a lot of birds. She said, “It looks like they are dancing to their music.” Now, I had absolutely no [...]
Read moreI have worn these bracelets for as long as I can remember. While I don’t know when I first started wearing them, there is a charm on one dated 12-25-84. I would have been eleven then. Barely a year older than Caroline is now. How is it that these pieces, that feel so grown up to [...]
Read moreImage Source: www.law.georgetown.edu Guilt is a powerful emotion. Because of it, I spent Saturday night navigating the world of a 13-year-old girl living in poverty. My mother in law and a good friend of ours organized an event based on Missouri’s Community Action Poverty Simulation. I didn’t RSVP until days before the event. Let’s face it. [...]
Read moreThis week, I was given the chance to pull together a playlist for my ‘birthday spin class.’ Our spin instructor encourages us to do this each year but it is the first time I took advantage of her offer. Not being too much in to music, I felt intimidated by choosing fun songs that would [...]
Read moreIn Susannah Conway’s amazing class, Blogging from the Heart, she suggests many fun prompts. I am using one of them today… ‘What is on your nightstand’ is so much more than just a list of what is on your nightstand. After I took this picture, I realized there is a good reason why Susannah included [...]
Read moreI wasn’t sure that I wanted to blog about Boston. In some ways I feel like everything has been said. All the emotions have been out there and now it’s time to move on. But in other ways, it felt wrong to blog about anything else today. It felt like to do so, would negate [...]
Read more“Think of boredom as a ‘gift.’ … boredom is often the precursor to creativity. Think of a bridge between ‘doing nothing’ and the sort of deep creative play … The bridge is almost always paved with (the frustration of) boredom. ‘I’m bored.’ Now that is when something interesting usually happens.” -Kim John Payne (from Simplicity Parenting) Thanks Kara [...]
Read moreWhile our family enjoys being outdoors whenever possible, I wouldn’t necessarily call us the outdoorsy type. In fact, when we heard a comedian use the term ‘indoorsy’, we all chuckled, realizing it could be a useful term. We love playing in the back yard, running, walking and going to the beach. We like to eat [...]
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