You’re making it harder.
We have a house rule about paper towels – whoever uses the last one replaces the roll. It’s pretty straightforward, right? Well, the lengths Darren will go to to be the one NOT to replace the roll have gotten pretty extreme. This afternoon the roll was getting low, so I put a new roll on […]
Synaptic Pruning.
When I married my handsome, smart, funny, comforting, hard-working husband, my dog Scout and I moved into his house, 2 counties away. It was NOT a hard decision to marry him. Obviously. It was, however, very hard to decide which of our houses to sell. I loved my house, my neighborhood, my church community, my […]
Unmoored – and embracing it.
Recently I have become fascinated with the term “unmoored.” If you’ve been around me lately, you’ve probably heard me say it more than once. The fascination is because that word can mean two completely different things – depending on your thoughts. Unmoored can mean freed, liberated, unshackled, released, and unlocked. Yea! And unmoored can […]
Envy and the deep blue sea.
We’ve all heard the statement attributed to Teddy Roosevelt that says “Comparison is the thief of joy.” And I agree. Kind of. There are a ton of reasons why comparing ourselves to others is unfair to us – especially because we tend to compare the worst in ourselves and our lives to what we […]
Jesus – and that rug at Target.
Our grandson Crew is almost 5 years old. He is tender, playful, inquisitive, and smart. Really smart. One morning a few months ago, Darren and I were with Crew’s family at their house and Crew and his twin sister were fighting over a toy. Their mom asked them to put the toy in […]
No. Matter. What.
Every day, while driving back into my neighborhood, I pass by a house with a basketball hoop in the driveway. And at least 9 days out of 10, there is a 12-year-old boy named Brennan underneath that hoop – doing a bunch of basketball things that I don’t know what to call and have no […]
Incongruity Theory.
Right after we got home from our honeymoon, my husband had to go out of town on business. The first morning he was gone I texted him and said “Good morning Husband!” (probably with a heart emoji). I was so excited to FINALLY be able to say the word husband – about him!! Imagine my […]
What type of STUCK are you?
I have a history of living on hills. Most of my growing up years we lived on a big, steep hill on a big, steep mountain. I only remember getting stuck in the snow once on that hill – and it was the night after my youngest sister was born. My dad and I […]
Locus of Control.
Sometimes the comments on internet posts are such good practice for watching our very human behaviors. A business leader recently invited her readers to share a little about their background and what brought them to her site. A comment by a woman named Eleanor from Santa Fe caught my eye. She said this: […]
5 Lessons from My Final Year.
Most of you know that I walked into a public school building as an employee for the last time this week – after doing so for 31 years. I walked out with tears. Lots of tears. Here are five lessons five of my students taught me in this, my final year. I’ve shortened their […]
