Writer, Author & Speaker
December 2010 was a memorable one. My husband had been out of work for 5 months and we were still knee-deep into the season of ‘being-anxious-about-every-single-thing-we -purchased.’ Should I buy this bag of coffee? Do we need it? Isn’t coffee a luxury? Will I regret buying this later? The time had finally come to decide if we …
Once upon a time a young dad and a young mom were busy changing diapers, folding laundry, picking up toys, reading books over and over again, and making meals for a four. a three, and a one-year-old. Occasionally they remembered that it had been just the two of them once. They knew it in their minds but …
I like to speak them, write them, listen to them, and read them. I have a college degree in words – they call it Communications, which also happens to be the name of my top strength in Clifton Strength Finders. My love language is Words of Affirmation. I have always loved the smell and feel …
It’s hard to put into words all that the cross country families have meant to me. We’ve mostly seen each other for seven consecutive Mondays in the fall for five years in a row. I’d like to wax eloquent about this —it is Jack’s senior year after all. But I can’t find eloquent words; actually, …
I have a table at the libraryI think of it as mine.It faces the window and I can look out — divineSometimes there are cars in a lineOr birds overhead.Almost always the bushes wave in the windy wind. I am not here every dayYet I still think of it as mine.Type, type, type my fingers …
Mondays by Midnight I work well by deadline. I can get so much more done in a condensed amount of time when there is a pressing deadline. Especially if someone else makes the deadline. One of the hardest parts of homeschooling for me was being the one who makes and enforces the deadline: ‘This is …
After a three and a half year hiatus, I’m dusting my blog off by joining Emily P. Freeman’s Quarterly Link-up about ‘Things I’ve Learned.’ The encouragement is to reflect and observe one’s life as to gain the most from our experiences. Perhaps these musings will prompt reflections and observations you’ve gained in your own life. 1) …
Many of the blossoms of the tree have blown off and settled just beneath it. The white petals lie on the green grass yet some still cling to the branches. The wind is blowing and pink and purple flowers wave to gray skies. Even though there have been cancellations, isolations, and empty store shelves, Spring has …
Last Friday night, our family participated in a contra dance — or square dancing in a line. It’s fun because it involves everyone: young and old, experienced and newbie. When the dance is about to begin, the caller calls out to find a partner. My husband grabbed my hand for most of the night. Near …
