At the end of this post, I’m going to update those of you who give a hooey about my 8 week journey to quit sugar. But first I wanted to share this little recipe for chocolate nests. I’m going to make them with 3 year old Elliot this year, she’ll love ‘em! Wouldn’t they be [...]
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I’m fifty years old and have been messing up so consistently over the past five decades that I’ve gotten pretty good at recognizing “sin” in my life. I’m also fairly consistent with saying I’m sorry, like I said, I’ve had a lot of practice. So much practice that the process is almost a formula, It [...]
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Control. The opposite of letting go. When my life is in “control” I have this illusion of peace, which is convenient because that’s how I like life to be…peaceful, even if it’s just an illusion. I’m amazed at how far I’ll go to hang on to that illusion, trying with all the tricks I have [...]
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I believe that most of life is lived in the meantime… So how I’m living in the meantime matters. I’ve been doing it on and off all my life, putting my focus on some point in the future. When I was a young mom, it sounded like this: When all the babies are out [...]
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Do you read blogs where the writer never seems to struggle with anything? I would love to be one of those writers. Unfortunately, when I struggle I need to write about it. It’s one of those seasons in my life… I won’t blame you if you run outta here. Hugs and smooches…please come back soon… [...]
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I dreamed of my mother in the night and woke with tears on my cheeks. She’s been gone for six years and I miss her. In my dream she was young, in her twenty’s. Happy. Beautiful. Her life spread out in endless days… Replaying the dream as I lay in my bed, my mind continued [...]
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There are only a few things left to do in our big construction project! Mr. Max is doing built-in shelves around the fireplace and we have to change out a ceiling fan and put moldings back on the existing bookshelves… oh, and get the room back together! So this morning I’ve been going through all [...]
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