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Aging Proudly: Please Stop Telling Me I Have to Look Younger
That’s how old I’ll be (or, my body will be) in October of this year.
What?!?!?
So, yeah – I still have months left in my 60’s – but the big 7-0 is right around the corner.
And to that I say:
Yay! Wahoo!
Or I’m getting there.
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Nine parenting Lessons Re-Learned: A Weekend of Grandbaby-sitting
Losing the tv remote can be a good thing. (Really, we didn’t fake it.) The morning was more creative, less argumentative, and they “forgot” to have the morning snack they usually think they need.
Embracing the Muse: What Are We Afraid of?
When I left Morning Radio, I swore I would never wake up before the sunrise again.
I’d earned it. 3:15 AM for eight years, seriously?
Yet here I am, coffee in hand, watching the sun rise through the trees outside my kitchen window.
Invincible: On Audacity, Big Magic and Being a Happily Flawed Badass
I think Elizabeth Gilbert and Jen Sincero are changing my (literal) dreams.
Take last night. I had the best dream.
(Ugh, yeah, I know Not a fan of dream stories either. #sorrynotsorry.)
Why so great, you ask? (of course you do. I’m making up both sides of this conversation)
Hindsight Resolutions: What Got Done in 2021?
Happy New Year! If you feel like you’ve already let yourself down by not yet making any Resolutions for 2022, you can opt to give yourself a break.
Parenting: The Love Whose Goal is Separation
I waited at the school bus stop for E, my oldest (Kindergarten) grandchild, and looked forward to the huge smile and hug she always gives when she sees it’s me meeting the bus today.
This time, though, I got a consolation hug and a small smile. No running into my arms. No “Hi, Grandma!!!!!” . Instead, E handed me her backpack and walked four steps ahead of me to be with the two older girls who live across the street.
"I Appreciate You": Does Enduring Love Require Gratitude?
“Without gratitude, love cannot endure.”
This quote stood out to me in the required reading for an adult learning class on Mussar ” a traditional Jewish path of spiritual development that leads to awareness, wisdom, and transformation.” That week’s topic? Gratitude, which happens to be a vital element in Core Phrase #4 in Happier Made Simple‘s chapter about Appreciation.