Category Archives: the inevitability of change

Emotional generosity

“Decide the friends, mentors & leaders you want in your life, in your inner circle, and court them with emotional generosity.” – Gary W. Goldstein Emotional generosity. It is a …

normal to us

To say I have been emotional the last 2 weeks is like saying Joey enjoys sandwiches. And if you read me regularly, you are not surprised. Part of the issue, …

when angsty love songs apply to other stuff

In spite of my own tendency to make fun of emo/basket-weaving songs, I do love a good ditty full of romantic angst. However, being that I’m in a happy marriage, …

keep me where you are

Lyrics | Mindy Smith lyrics – One Moment More lyrics During my drive from Chicago home to South Carolina home, this was the song that broke me. After a month-long …

mornings

For the last two years, we’ve kept entertainer’s hours. That is: late, late bedtime, slow mornings. With the little chicas starting school last week, all that had to change. We …
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the girl with the laugh, 3 months in

ah, changes. I guess I foolishly thought the change of moving from my home of 34.5 years in the gray, industrial, cozy midwest to a locale 1000 miles away on …

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upon riding the tidal wave

A year ago we were in Colombia. It was the farthest and longest I’d been away from the girls, along with a totally perspective-changing and passion-sharpening experience. Hard to believe …