The other day my 15 year old son asked if I had purchased his advent calendar yet. “You know, the ones with the little chocolates,” he reminded me. I hadn’t planned to get any this year as I wrongly assumed he’d outgrown it. In that moment, I realized he hadn’t. It was a tradition that signaled …
The Sticky Floor
Flying Free
There is such beauty in watching the early morning sun sweep silently across the top of the light full white clouds. Golden colors of yellow and pink creep towards the small airplane I’m sitting in. The scene is appreciated all the more because this is a view I’ve rarely seen. I’m serene and …
Busyness as a Badge of Honor aka Who Made You Sheriff?
There are some fantastic lines in this article (link no longer active) by Christine Arylo who says her primary objective is to get women and girls to fall madly in love with themselves. In the article she says, "Forget Generation X or Y, how about calling us Generation E, for Exhausted!" So …
Leaders, Followers and Those In Between
I've been thinking about natural order lately. Partially because of my past, partially because of my future but also because of my present. Have you noticed, everything appears to have the ability to be split into thirds? Birth, life, death. Roots, trunk, leaves. Even the best photographs are ones …
Flying Under Bridges
My neighbor borrowed the audio book Flying Under Bridges from the library and found herself laughing out loud in her car while she listened. Knowing I was a huge Shirley Valentine fan, she loaned me the discs when she finished with them. She was right, I loved it! Flying Under Bridges is a …
What Does the Future Hold for my 17 Year Old?
Today I was hit by a time-marking truck. My son turned seventeen, he's in his last year of high school. It barely seems like I've been out of high school myself! In thinking back to the advice I got at his age, I would tell my son something different. There is no such thing as job security …
