Catching Up
Spend the time catching up to what has happened. Read their note (hopefully it is a letter.) Reply quickly. Call someone. Talk to them. Make a plan. Get together. Spend hours. Stay longer than you think you can. Make a Read More …
Category: family
Not Quite Right
When you think something is not quite right, trust yourself. Your gut. Your instincts. Your prior experience. Or, your friends who think something is weird. And…the material change of something that has always been there and now is gone. (There Read More …
Planned Leftovers
In keeping with the food, or eating topic – the idea of having planned leftovers from take out is quite literally, brilliant. Not only did you not have to cook the first meal, you have bought enough that you will Read More …
If There’s Nothing Better
What do you do if there’s nothing better to do? Choose the things you don’t necessarily like to do – but have to get done. (Even on a holiday.) Cleaning. Packing. Gardening. Weeding. Sorting. Organizing. Planning. If there’s nothing better Read More …
So Many Things
It adds up. There are so many things needed to start a new life away from home. Of course, it depends on the life you are “starting” and what you will leave behind. Anyone with a college bound kid knows Read More …
Out of Control
Some things are out of control. Your control that is. Your ability to make things change. To turn down the volume or make it not rain. To make someone smile when they hate their job or they are totally sad. Read More …
All Good
It is all good… No rain. no problems. Celebrate – lots of fun. Definitely all good. ~ Dawn aka Hat Girl
Say Yes to Help
It is totally okay when you can to say yes to help. Many hands definitely make light work…literally. Think about moving a couch (or other heavy things), boxes of books, piles of bricks, setting up a tent and a backyard Read More …
Late Nights and Early Mornings
It is not always a good combination when you have late nights and early mornings. Repeatedly. Without choosing them proactively. Like when you are on vacation and making the most of the time you have…then, it is perfectly fine. A Read More …
Make Space
Sometimes, you want to make space… for the new things you want to buy. for the fresh stuff that is on its way. for the baby. for the child coming home again. for the parent moving in – just for Read More …