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 …
Category: family
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 …
So We Begin
As we end a chapter, so we begin a new one. It is always the case, but this time, the end of a really long chapter. No more high schoolers and only one teenager. As we (humans) move on through Read More …
All The Things
You can’t do all the things you want to do – all at the same time, but you can: do some of the things. take a weekend. go north. make it work. celebrate with family. eat in one day, go Read More …
Coming Together
When you are all coming together, be sure to: share collaborate collect ideas debate elaborate on the plan eat and drink relax hang out say what is on your mind agree to disagree It will all be coming together and Read More …
Time As You Have
It is hard to get to do everything, but spend as much time as you have… talking. designing. brainstorming. preparing. revising. collaborating. creating. remembering. loving. Make the best use of the time as you have it. No one will ever Read More …
Annual Traditions and Events
Those annual traditions and events that you have been waiting for… all your life. since the older one did it too. all year…(since last year.) since you were a kid. all season long. since the time someone told you about Read More …