Still Pretty Great
Some days don’t go the way you want them to go. No matter what happens, most of them are still pretty great. Also, if completely depends on your perspective. I don’t mean to sound like life, for anyone, is perfect. Read More …
Tag: parenting
Long. Slow. Blinks.
Sometimes you are so tired, there are these tiny, momentary pauses in your life. They happen like this: Long. Slow. Blinks. Then you wake up and you can’t believe that you missed something. The memories you thought would be so Read More …
Learn To Be…
No matter what it is, at some point in your life you will probably want (or need) to learn to be… A child A student Still Quiet Calm Impartial Objective Fair Empathetic Silent Stoic A parent An advocate for those Read More …
Attention Getting
There is always a lot of debate about what Super Bowl commercials were good and which ones weren’t, but we all know that some brands and ideas are just better at attention getting than others. Even if it is for Read More …
Starting Early in Your Career
If you have success, starting early in your career – more power to you, right? Debbie Reynolds was just 19 when she was in her first movie…Singing In The Rain. Carrie Fisher was just 19 when she was in her Read More …
How’d I Do
When your kids are growing up, they are constantly looking for approval. “How’d I do – did I do it all right mom/dad?” From the first moments, of forming words – when they can’t even ask you that question – Read More …
If You Could Be
If you could be anything you wanted to be…What would you be? A superhero? A super villain? A CEO? A leader? A follower? A supermodel? The mayor, governor, senator, president? If you could choose to do anything and if you Read More …
Common Ground
We spent a lot of time with close friends this weekend, people we have known for years and with whom we share a common ground. Similar education. Similar socio economic status. Similar life styles. We grew up in various types Read More …
Giving Independence
Parenting is often about giving independence, whether they want it or not. Most kids, from toddlers to teens, want more freedom. Me do it. I can do it. Why won’t you let me do it? Really, you can do it. Read More …
I’m Not Your Mother
It may be tempting to say…”I’m not your mother” and be able to walk away; however, true moms, moms of the heart, through and through, deep into their soul, cannot walk away. Of course, I am not thinking of anything Read More …