real, raw motherhood
I just heard a man tell a story to illustrate how insecure he was, how much he cared about the opinion of his peers and how that caused him to act contrary to his true self well into his early adulthood. It got me wondering. How do we become ourselves? What makes us, us? Any…
I have shared quite a bit about everything good that has happened since I started taking anti-depressants. My life has changed because I have changed: in the way I act and relate to the people surrounding me; in the way, I react to circumstances as they arise. I have never been happier. There is one…
Next week is one of celebration. I’m turning 42 and my blog will be two years old. Two years of faithful writing. Two years of publishing an essay a week. Two years of sitting down in front of the screen, equipped with a keyboard and the willingness to give a voice to the bouncing thoughts…
Training doesn’t just happen. You must make it happen. Put it on the schedule. Go to bed at a decent hour. Wake up. Get ready and get on the mat at the appointed time. Training requires commitment, discipline, follow through, grit and… clean clothes. You can’t wait until you feel like it. You can’t do…
Before we left for our 9-week trip back in May, I had made a deal with our daughter: when she finished the three workbooks I was bringing along, she would be promoted to 2nd grade. I calculated that she needed to complete only three pages a day to make it happen. Since we were traveling…
I was sitting on the couch. Content. Happy. It was such a good feeling. I am not the naturally bubbly and cheerful type: my nickname in High School was Grouchy Smurph so I pondered the cause of this sudden upturn in my disposition. My circumstances had not changed. Could it simply the “right time” of…
I’m at the mall, staring at my phone’s screen and all I want to do is lay my head on the table, close my eyes and rest for a while. I waited too long to have breakfast. It was a close call but a few bites of croissant averted the meltdown. (I also bought a…
I am celebrating the one year anniversary of my blog. I have published one new essay every week for a year. No small feat. In some ways, writing has become easier and yet it’s still hard. It is a weekly exercise in manifesting a personal yearning, overcoming procrastination and defeating perfectionism. It is is a…
There are things we want yet we’re not always willing to do what it takes to get them. That’s why Olympic athletes amaze us. That’s why self made millionaires awe us. Very successful people consistently do what it takes to get what they want. Natural talent, circumstances, resources all come into play but they do…
We are all recovering from the stomach flu. My daughter was the first to get it and she had it worse. My husband and I were hit next and at the same time. While I’ve recovered, he’s not quite back to normal yet. (When you don’t have a colon, your body recovers more slowly). We…