For as long as I’ve parented (lo these nearly 26 years) I have come to expect the unexpected. My mainstay is constant communication, total honesty, and mutual respect. Children are far more resilient in the arena of respect than many adults think. They want it and crave it and ache to have it, but it’s [...]
We are having lots of conversations lately about what makes a family and what our places are in it. It’s not that we haven’t discussed these things before, but it’s come up because of some additions to our family. As many of my friends know, The Cuban’s son and his girlfriend moved into our home [...]
Gratitude has to be, however honorable, one of the greatest elusive qualities of mankind. Unless practiced, it becomes the weakened muscle that atrophies until nothing but but a limp life is left in its wake. The very act of graciousness implies that a person who is grateful is happy. I don’t think that’s actually true. [...]
I’ve read enough articles this morning detailing important speeches and quotes and the like for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and I’m pleased to see so many media outlets giving him the credit he deserves and deserved for a long time. However, I want to do something different and it seems that with the United [...]
When Mason walks into the room and says, “Hey, mom. Wanna hear something? I think you’ll like this song.” you just do it. When he pushes play on his iPod and starts Gotye’s song “Heart’s A Mess” and smiles at you, nodding, and seeking your approval for the song, you just like it. Instantly. You don’t [...]
Not long ago I found a shop on Etsy that sells custom prints that you can hang in your house that gives a sneak peek of when you and your partner first met. That got me to thinking about what I would put on one if ever I ordered it and it got me thinking [...]
My friend Trish handed this book to me this week and insisted, in her own sweet way, that I read it right away. She is, like me, a lover of young adult fiction. A Monster Calls is actually a young adult graphic novel written by Patrick Ness from an idea told to him by author [...]
It’s a wonderful thing to find new music and with the comments on my last music post I found that the more I search the more people share (and thank you! keep sharing!) what they’re listening to or what they think I might like. The easiest description of The Hot Club of San Francisco is [...]
Call me a fan of music. In fact, I insist. But don’t call me a fan of what most people consider pop music. If it’s all over the television and “celebrities” are overexposed then chances are I don’t have an interest. After watching Lady Gaga perform for the first time last night I was less [...]
It surprised me how many of my friends (and you lurkers) enjoyed Volume I of my 2011 post in pictures. The thing that made me consider summarizing the year was when a friend asked me, “Did you have a good year?” What, exactly, makes a year good? Is it making more money and buying things [...]
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