How do I start? I’m trying to write a post about developing rituals. But god, I don’t want to sound like…
I did something pretty bold today. I shared my dream with a close group of friends and told them I had plans complete with an actual date in place to make it happen. I didn’t qualify it with “ifs” or try to pad my statements of “hopes”. I said my…
About a year ago I read an article about the advantages of cold showers. It…
My almost nine month old daughter has gotten progressively more mobile over the past few weeks. She now crawls with ease and has even begun standing up without support for a few seconds at a time. At first I was incredibly excited that she had reached this milestone, but I…
Today I am struggling to find happy. There is a problem weighing heavily on my mind. Since health is not an issue, it is really not a problem at all. It is a valley of my minds creation. Because I know this, I can keep pushing myself toward level ground.
Maybe even a hill or…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted to change the country (the world was tad too ambitious.) She chose a…
I don’t do family trips. For one, my family is the kind that travels in tours and big groups. These big groups, as is the case with all groups, usually involve people, people I largely do not know or pretend to not know. My folks also pack like they’re prepping…
The concept of keeping up with the Joneses (sp?) is so prevalent, so pervasive, and so entrenched in everything that we do that it’s effortless to get sucked in.
Everything you have right now you once wished for.
Although it is a cliche, it is so important to live in the moment.
I always seem to circle back to this theme in my writing. And when I reflect on special moments and events in my life, I realize just how important it is to be where your feet are.
A question. Posed.
Education puts too much emphasis on learning.
You might be thinking, what does that mean? Of course education is about learning.
But I believe, education, is just as much about unlearning.
Today has been a blur.
But I’ve managed not to nap my way through my classes. My eyes are heavy for the first two periods of the morning, I partake in lighthearted conversation with my peers, I try to listen to what my teachers are talking about. But I think they’ve stopped trying…