I bought a car magnet that says, “Kindness Matters” out of a catalog a few years ago. The intention of the magnet was to encourage other drivers around you to be more considerate on the road, maybe to help decrease road rage and foster a…
This is a question I’ve been asking myself much more recently. I hear you thinking already, “Yep, she’s finally cracked up.” It does sound a little funny, doesn’t it? We ask a version of this to people when we greet them. We ask, “How…
Ever feel like you’re running on a hamster wheel? Just round and round and going nowhere? It happens. A lot, it seems in my life. And I know that it’s generally because of how I live. Work, kids, activities, projects – it’s a lot…
This week has been begging for ibuprofen. Now, I didn’t take any. Not that there’s anything wrong with taking some ibuprofen if you need it here and there. Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory medication, and it works. Too much of anything isn’t good though, and…
It’s been a hard week. Do you ever feel like you’re not doing anything right? I mean in a deep, core-of-who-you-are kind of way. We all wear different titles: friend, mother, wife, doctor-lawyer-indian chief (you know what I’m trying to say). There’s a level…
I just spent a week away from work. My older kids were at camp for 5 days, and the youngest stayed with a friend. I didn’t cook, clean or organize anything. We went out for dinner, talked, went to bed and got up when we…
I’m crocheting myself a nap blanket. In the summer? Well, there’s a story behind this. First of all, I’m not very good at it. I can make straight lines, stripes really, and that’s about it. My mom taught my ages ago how to…
I’m ready. It’s been more than three years since I started dreaming about moving into a career of integrative and holistic health. I know this because I spent part of one day this week reading back through my old journal. It was kind of…
What happened to my week? I just don’t understand where the days went… This week looked like it was going to be easy and light, which is unusual, so I was looking forward to it. I was assigned to jury duty for the first…
Last weekend, Perry and I took our oldest to her first dance. A middle school dance… Yes, I remember middle school, that amazingly awkward age where some kids are thought to be the coolest ever and others seem to be destined to be…