Rocks and Sand.
Have you seen that object lesson with a big glass jar filled with big rocks and sand? Well, there is a big glass jar with big rocks inside and sand filling all the empty space. Can you picture it? I think the first time I saw this visual was in a church lesson and I […]
Open and Closed.
Darren and I recently had the opportunity as grandparents to watch our just barely one-year-old grandson for a weekend while the rest of his family took a trip. Yes, we survived. (And our marriage did, too.) One of Finn’s favorite tricks was to pull himself up to one of the big drawers in our kitchen […]
Order of Operations.
One of my sisters texted me the other night and said “I need you to do this math problem and tell me the answer. I’ll explain later.” She attached a picture of a scrap of paper with this handwritten on it: 3 (5+3+45) – 12 – 16 ÷ 8 x 3.14 I did the […]
Grounding and Growth.
Fall is ending here in the West and leaves have dropped quickly, being replaced by the bare branches of winter. After all these years I’m still so amazed that in a few long months those trees will push new green growth out to the end of their branches – much to the relief of […]
Should you?
I know. I’m sick of hearing the phrase “Quit ‘should-ing’ on yourself”, too. But hear me out. Just this week, I counted at least ten times my actual clients said these actual words in their actual work with me. Nancy Colier says “We have been taught, mistakenly, that if we don’t ‘should’ ourselves into action, […]
Pasta Mondays.
One of the things my husband remembers most about his growing up years in their small California town is Mondays. Because on Mondays, his beautiful Italian mother made pasta. It was a whole day event and included Old World recipes and hours of simmering sauces and hand cut noodles. He would be the helper […]
The Curse of the Excess.
My dad had some strong OCD tendencies and was an expert sort-er. He sorted socks by color, pens by color, m&m’s by color. He sorted containers by size, flower pots by size, and chocolates by size. The trouble was, once he started sorting, things got complicated. If he found a container he liked, he needed […]
