JumpStart to Better Mental & Spiritual Health
Investing time in a new season reset Daffodils are blooming in my garden already. They may be dusted in snow by day’s end, but the harbingers of longer, warmer days have started to announce themselves. If you’re anything like me, Spring means more than switching out winter clothes or...
JumpStart to Better Health
Logging food intake means losing weight The morning frost disappears, and I open windows to let in the fresh air of an approaching springtime. I’m reminded that soon I’ll trade my winter wardrobe for a spring one. I look down. There it is. The COVID baby. Yes, the excess fat...
The Five Love Languages: Reflections on Chapman’s Book
How we give love should fit the recipient Dad opened the cabinet door and ran a finger over the plates I’d just dried with a cotton dish towel. My older brother, younger sister, and I were tasked each night to wash and dry the dinner dishes. Criticism was always...
An Abbreviated Tale of a Happy Retiree
Just the thought of retiring can send an individual into a tailspin. Questions about money, fears about boredom, lack of confidence, loss of identity, are just a few swirling issues a person encounters when considering ending their current work situation. Facing retirement is like standing on a stony shore...
This Quitting Habit Can’t Sabotage My Writing Life
No longer shall I be the queen of unfinished things Standing in front of a wall of yarn at Michael’s, I had an epiphany. Well, not really an epiphany-epiphany, but a slap upside the head that I had no business buying another skein of yarn to disappear into my...
Rock-ing the Neighborhood: There Were No Rules
How I learned to let go of “my art” There’s a sign at my neighborhood entrance requesting painted rocks. The instructions on the sign include: paint some rocks, leave rocks around, and go find rocks. Have you seen this anywhere? I presume this idea was inspired by The Kindness Rocks...
Goodbye, Unrealistic Expectations
Decades ago, when my oldest daughter was still a toddler, I decided that I didn’t have it in me to bake and decorate a birthday cake. I bought one at the supermarket. I did so with considerable personal pride at the time. Buying a child’s birthday cake rather than...
The Truth & A Plan
Did you learn anything this last year or decade? Will you use it to propel you forward?...