Your List (as a parent)
Well. Your list (as a parent) is rarely the same list as the one your kids have. Clean your room. Make your bed. Do your homework. Take time off from your tablet, phone, or computer. Write your thank you notes. Read More …
Category: life
Stand Up
This isn’t a “sit in” we are making a point. Stand up… For what you believe. For what you choose to defend. For what you can support. For what your kids are in to (today). And yes, even… For what Read More …
Make It Better
Whatever you have within your control to make it better, please… do. try. help. work at it. take the time. make the move. You have the power to make it better, but you have to take the initiative. ~ Dawn Read More …
Nothing Wrong
What happens when the professionals say there is nothing wrong but clearly there is… something wrong. Whether it is professionally or personally, something has to change. The ads are not working. Customers don’t know you exist. No one will listen Read More …
Of Mutual Interest
Many topics are of mutual interest…and that is a very good thing. Here is where we find common ground. That is how we can relate to one another. This is what we talk about, or debate. It is why we Read More …
Unrelated
Ever think of something completely unrelated, but thought that it was… There are many theories or superstitions on why things happen – between butterfly wings flapping and breaking a rule when you were eight then crossing your fingers behind your Read More …
Pick Your Vocab
It isn’t just for writing, you should pick your vocab carefully, all the time. Say what you mean. (Or, people around you will think you mean what you say.) There is a different word for everything. At least, it sometimes Read More …
Learn and Live
As we go, learn and live… We learn and live longer, in love and with family and friends. ~ Dawn aka Hat Girl
Three Happy Things
Look around, it is time to find three happy things, or at least three things that will make you smile. The flower that bloomed. The child giggling. The lawn recently mowed, in perfect lines criss-crossing the yard. The newly ripe Read More …
Don’t Know Yet
There are a lot of things, millions probably, that you don’t know yet. Yes, even at your particular age – old or young. Some of them have very little to do with the ability to learn but the timing of Read More …