Labor Day. The official end of summer. This is always a gloomy time of year for me because my kids are going back to school. Some parents can’t wait for that first bell to ring, but I actually enjoy spending time with my children and the relatively stress-free nature of the vacation season. I love the [...]
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother [...]
Ready? #1. Change the O in Worrier to an A. #2. Change the E to O. WOARRIEOR. Okay, that was a little simplistic. But there are ways to combat worrying and to empower yourself that are almost as easy. I come from a long line of worriers. Generations in my family have fretted about monumental issues [...]
Ah, isn’t it fun to fly? My favorite part is the security check in…not. It’s just about all I can do to get my shoes off and remove my quart-size bag of cosmetics, hand santizer and other various liquids in their liliputian containers from my purse, while we are herded through the security chute like cattle. All [...]
Yesterday, my kids were dancing through the house singing a song called Bananaphone. It’s a little ditty that is one part “The Name Game,” and another part puns with nonsensical lyrics that would make Dr. Seuss proud. Released years ago by Raffi, beloved children’s entertainer from recent decades, the song is still a big hit with elementary [...]
My daughter and I were in Target last weekend browsing the cosmetics when we came across a dress… hanging off a shelf of mascara and eye shadow. Now what is that about? Someone had decided she didn’t want the dress and just left it there, not six feet away from its proper display. I lifted [...]
Yesterday for my birthday, my family baked me a cake. From scratch. And hand-decorated it, too, with those tiny silver cake decorating tips that I loved watching my Mom use to make edible works of art when I was a little girl. The cake was so beautiful, I didn’t want to eat it. But then [...]
Last night, my husband and I watched the DVD of The Box, a sci-fi psychological thriller starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as Norma and Arthur Lewis, a couple in dire financial straits. A mysterious man delivers a seemingly innocuous box to their home and tells them that they will receive $1 million in cash if they will [...]
Sometimes I talk to myself. Like yesterday when I came out of the grocery store. An older woman was loading her groceries into her trunk and had left her empty shopping cart directly behind my car. As I approached my vehicle, I expected her to move the cart; but instead, she got into her car [...]
Did you know that March 23, 2010, is National Puppy Day? The day was established to encourage adoption of puppies from reputable shelters instead of from pet stores or puppy mills where they can be mistreated or get substandard care. I got my childhood dog, Spot, from the Humane Society when I was in kindergarten. [...]