Dear Number 7, Of all the kids in our family, you were the only one that Great Gma never had the chance to hold. By the time you were born, she didn’t really have the strength to cradle a little baby anymore. And I know she was bummed about that. Because there is no one […]
Your Daily Dose
Failure is the path to success. Unless that path is a rope tow in the French Alps.
So yesterday I discovered Brene Brown. I guess I’m pretty out of it. She and Oprah are like BFF’s. How I’ve never heard of her, I have no idea. Anyway, she’s an author and a professor and a vulnerability and shame researcher. I spent yesterday watching videos and listening to her talk about vulnerability. About […]
It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about showing up and being seen. ~ Brene Brown
Yesterday I did something scary. I walked into uncertainty. I shared some personal information without knowing what the outcome would be. And then I waited. I waited for the critics to emerge. I waited for them to voice their opinions. Literally. I sat in front of the computer, clicked post, and waited for the comments. […]
Let’s all live our best lives!
When I was in second grade, I remember helping a girl in my class with a math problem. She looked at me and she said, “You’re a really good teacher!” That was, and still is, one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in my whole life. I’ve always liked helping other people. Teaching other […]
Family game night always looks like so much fun…when it’s someone ELSE’S family.
About 2 months ago, I started Operation Organization. It was initiated for several reasons. A combination of several major stressful events occurring simultaneously had me feeling seriously out-of-control. I was wasting tremendous amounts of time looking for things that would have been easily located if the house was picked up. And I wanted a place […]
Back to basics.
I got an iPad about a week ago. I still don’t really know what I’m doing with it. But I love it. In fact, I’m kind of wondering how on Earth I survived without it. A friend of mine gave me an old Leap Pad that her son had outgrown back in October. I saved […]