Worth Trying
There are a number of things that (hopefully) in your life, you will think are worth trying. Rock climbing – indoor or out (in if you don’t have an expert to guide you) Parasailing Water skiing Public speaking Holding an Read More …
Tag: learn
PSAT Nightmares
This week, and this weekend, begin the PSAT nightmares for both teens and their parents. For different reasons of course. Standardized testing, apparently was invented over a hundred years ago, something I would not have thought, but read (recently) from Read More …
If You Could
A ton of options to follow this phrase, but I will start with a few, you can fill in the rest and let me know. If you could: _______ (would you?) Go back in time and change one event in Read More …
Entertaining and Educational
What if…all information was both entertaining and educational? Wouldn’t that be amazing? YouTube vloggers have literally proven that this is possible. Of course. You have to commit to the process. It’s time consuming. Plus, it’s not 100% effective because you’re not Read More …
Change Overnight
Unlike caterpillars into butterflies, we don’t change overnight. We still have fears. We still look the same, the hair may be a little bit longer, but only imperceptively. We are probably not any taller…. We have the same IQ – Read More …
Resistance Is Futile
I promised myself that I would NOT buy any new back to school supplies this year. I had very legitimate cause for feeling confident in my promise to myself. What have I found? Resistance is futile. My plan was that Read More …
It’s Not About Me
One thing I have come to realize, (and many of us realize too,) as a parent, it’s not about me…It’s about them. Mostly because they didn’t have a choice in coming into this world as our children, we did that. Read More …
Help Yourself
Sometimes you just have to decide to help yourself. There are plenty of reasons: to take care of you. to be an advocate for your wishes. to become something more. to learn something valuable. to relax. to eat first. to Read More …
Now You Tell Me
I can’t help but think that one of the e-mails I got was just a bit too late. When I read the headline, I thought “now you tell me” how to take the perfect fireworks photos. It is only 1 Read More …
What Did We Forget
Tomorrow, as we close a long chapter on our lives, I can’t help but wonder what did we forget? Tomorrow, she graduates from High School. Did we remember to teach her to: Wear your seat belt Make good choices Park Read More …