A few months ago, my friend Beth told me that she had an exciting idea. She was thinking about creating a website for tween girls. I have been part of the amazing creative process that has occurred over these months and I couldn’t be more excited to announce the launch of Betwixt Girls, a lifestyle […]
Read moreWe used to go to the library every week and fill a big L.L. Bean canvas bag full of picture books. The girls would look through them on their own and would often bring me books to read aloud. Somehow, over the last few months, I’d fallen out of the habit. Together we were read […]
Read moreFor now, peonies are my favorite flower. They are here and beautiful for such a short time that I thought this quote was the perfect accompaniment. “Forever is composed of nows.” -Emily Dickinson
Read moreYesterday was bulk refuse day here. That means that the sidewalks are strewn with people’s hand-me-downs. Garbage too big and unusual for the garbage trucks. For Katherine, bulk refuse day is very frustrating. Yesterday she saw treasures in everyone’s trash and begged me, to and from school, to collect things. After all the times I […]
Read moreSo I am going to cheat a little bit. Today’s Virtual Book Club post is on Chapter 3 and it is ‘supposed’ to follow the guidelines that I set up at the beginning- summary, favorite quote, questions. But I’m going off course. I have been super stressed about getting this post written this week. Moving […]
Read moreI love getting messages from friends who have seen or read something that they think I might like. Today, this e-mail popped into my in-box from my dear friend Caroline. “Do you get this? I loved her descriptions of different kinds of readers, and thought it was right up your alley…” And she included this […]
Read moreTonight, while wasting time (perhaps) on Facebook, I learned that a childhood friend lost her husband, Greg, to pancreatic cancer. Maggie and I were friends in middle school. I honestly don’t know how long it has been since we last talked. Twenty five years perhaps? Maggie is a jewelry maker and Facebook suggested I like […]
Read more“This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know; that the soul exists and is built entirely out of our attentiveness.” -Mary Oliver I was walking with a friend the other day and her daughter pointed from the stroller to draw our eyes to this robin egg lying right at the corner […]
Read moreI’ve been waiting for this for a long time. And in retrospect, I’m not sure why I thought that it would happen any sooner than it did. Caroline, who is now the very definition of a voracious reader, did not start reading fluently until the end of first grade. All this year, Katherine has been making […]
Read moreI am so excited to welcome my wonderful friend Maren here today to share her thoughts and writing on Chapter 2 of Daring Greatly. Chapter 2- Debunking Vulnerability Myths In this chapter Brene beautifully outlines what I would say are the definitions we tell ourselves of vulnerability. She uses them as myths or excuses as […]
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