Living of a different kind of life
90% of my days are the same. I get up, get dressed, pack lunches for the kids, schlep them to school, come home, eat a little breakfast, and sit myself down at my computer. Most of the time I already...
View ArticleLife is fragile… and absurd
On Saturday morning I woke to the news that Sheryl Sandberg’s husband Dave Goldberg had passed away unexpectedly while on vacation. Now, to most of the world, this is a sad news tidbit people learned...
View ArticleParenting: The balancing act
Balance. It’s that elusive thing we’re all after all the time. Balance between productive time and down time. Between being a firm role mode and a fun parent. Between work and family. Between being a...
View ArticleClawing my way back to joy
Last week I went through this past year’s blog archives to find a post or two that I could to enter in the Type A Parent “We Still Blog” contest. As I perused what I’ve written a few thoughts occurred...
View ArticleThe No-Word Year
I love the act of picking a word each year, one word to focus on, to center on, to aim for, to help you come back to what mattes, what counts. I’ve picked some doozies over the years. Great words that...
View ArticleParenting: The balancing act
Balance. It’s that elusive thing we’re all after all the time. Balance between productive time and down time. Between being a firm role mode and a fun parent. Between work and family. Between being a...
View ArticleClawing my way back to joy
Last week I went through this past year’s blog archives to find a post or two that I could to enter in the Type A Parent “We Still Blog” contest. As I perused what I’ve written a few thoughts occurred...
View ArticleThe No-Word Year
I love the act of picking a word each year, one word to focus on, to center on, to aim for, to help you come back to what mattes, what counts. I’ve picked some doozies over the years. Great words that...
View ArticleLife is hard: AKA the reason I haven’t written much in a long while
The other day I came across a Facebook post meme that said “Life is hard? Compared to what?” and I’ve been mulling that over ever since. Because life is hard. No one will contest that. Life is...
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