Double Booked
What do you do when you are double booked for events, meetings, performances and celebrations during the holiday season? Do you try to go to both (or all) places and just spend a short amount of time at each? Do Read More …
Category: life
Anticipating December
We are done with anticipating December. It’s timely arrival to our little towns, to our homes, and to our lives and it is here now to lift our spirit. Why then, is there such anxiety about the month? Probably because Read More …
Give and Give and Give
It is that season where many just give and give and give some more. They give what they can: their time. their efforts. their donations. their emotional support. their physical support. their creative ideas. their gifts… their thanks. their love. Read More …
Post Holiday Parent
There are three states of parenting a college student during the holidays. The pre-holiday and the post holiday parent but neither of them are like the during-the-holiday parent. The pre-holiday parent is full of anticipation and excitement. Shopping, preparing, and Read More …
Oh The Stories
Oh, the stories we learn (about our past) and the new ones we create every holiday are worth remembering. The mustaches they wore The skirts that were too short The nights that lingered into weekends The bottles that were emptied Read More …
The New Traditions
What do you like better? The new traditions or the old ones? We are constantly being asked to do new things and to try something different, modern, social…or, to do nothing at all – in stark contrast to the normal Read More …
One More Bite
In the attempt to keep from meeting the expectations of a 3000 calorie Thanksgiving dinner we will just allow one more bite… of pumpkin pie, and of stuffing, and of turkey, and of broccoli casserole (souffle?), and of coconut custard Read More …
Carols On My Mind
After just one holiday concert, there are Christmas carols on my mind. I even tuned into the Christmas radio station. Even though… It isn’t the season (yet) It isn’t the sentiment (yet) It isn’t even December (yet) We will spend Read More …
She Will Be There
Whenever you have a problem, no matter what it is in your life – she will be there. Your friend. Your sister. Your mom. Your aunt. Your co-worker. Women are always there for others. They just show up. They somehow Read More …
Relaxed and Happy
Friday is the one day everyone can be relaxed and happy… Especially if you completed everything on your schedule for the week. Especially if it is the holiday weekend and classes are cancelled for the next few days. Especially if Read More …