I hate feeling lost. It really is one of life’s most stressful experiences for me. It rarely happens these days thanks to the all-knowing car lady, as my kids like to call my navigation. But still, when I miss a turn or the GPS signal goes out on me, the stress level starts to rise… Read More Look up! Seeing the Beauty in the Detours of Your Life
Some days you don’t do anything other than the most important. Rocking a feverish, sick child to sleep. Sitting beside the bed of an aged parent whose final days have come. Being the shoulder for a friend in despair. Nothing else gets done. It’s ok friend. You are attending to the most important. Not… Read More Some Days
We stood there waiting for the bus. She asks innocently, “How was your day?” For a moment I think, “Just say fine,” but truth is it wasn’t fine. “Oh, it’s been a hard day.” I say with a tired smile. I don’t even really have the energy to go into it, the hard of my… Read More The Sun Will Set… When You Just Need to Know that a Day Will Have an End
I remember so clearly the afternoon my Firecracker Girl came down from her afternoon nap when she was not yet 3. She had a crazy halo of bedhead, hair in her eyes and sticking out at every angle. “Let’s brush that hair of yours.” It was my first instinct to say to her when seeing… Read More “I Like it Wild!”: Learning to Appreciate the Unique Masterpiece that are Each of My Children
