I think Forgiveness is a tremendously over looked life-raft. I don’t think people realize how freeing saying “I forgive you” is. Even if you don’t say it face to face – even if it’s only said in the dark of the middle of the night…if you mean it – it will free you in way […]
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My teenage son just told me to Hush Up.
Yeah – I know, I’m shocked too! I don’t think he was right – maybe he was, in his eyes. But all I was trying to do was share my experience in the few minutes I am occasionally granted by him. I really do, do my best, […]
Yesterday afternoon, as I meticulously placed tiny shards of sprinkles for the eyes on my Halloween Cat Cookies, I wiped my hands on my Halloween apron and slid the trays into the oven, wondering if it still mattered to my kids that they even had eyes on them. My oldest two are in their late […]
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Are you kidding me? There is apparently a musical play called Menopause the Musical playing. Now why on earth would I want to see a bunch a gals sweating to the hot flashes? Do I need to watch insomniac women get out of their stage beds and burst into song? No I do not. I […]
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That’s what the badge I earned for surviving the Girl Guides Fall Camping experience this past weekend says “Crazy for Camping” – the crazy part is definitely right. After last spring’s torrential rain storm of a camp out (we were in tents, remember?) I said I’d pull my eyelashes out one by one, before I […]
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Why is the back seat of my car a tiny twilight zone? Kids have been climbing into my back seat for almost 20 years and once safely strapped in, seem to propel us all into an alternate universe. I’ve heard kindergarteners discuss the unfairness of priests not being allowed to be nuns, arguments over which […]
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As a preschool teacher and daycare educator I can work (over the course of a day) with approximately 70 different children. That adds to to a lot of different personalities! Do I get tired of kids? You know what? No – not really. I know it sounds crazy, but I find something funny and amazing […]
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This process is very interesting to me. When I was a young woman, I had fallen in love a couple of times and I fell in love each time one of my children was born(different of course but still a rush) and I fell in love with my wonderful husband almost 25 years ago.
Intellectually I […]
Tonight my husband and I were talking about things that needed to get done around the house – you know, screens to be fixed, front porch to be painted, fan and light installations in the bathroom – nothing major. Yet the usual excuses about cost or lack of time sprung up…in the end we dropped […]
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So I’m at my husband’s first corporate event- a Family Day at an amusement park. Two of our children attend (Mr. I’m Almost-19 needs to sleep in and play computer games…or something) our 16 year old daughter who finds most things boring yet wants very much to attend, and our 9 year old who has […]
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