Broken yolks and de-escalative laughter.
This morning I asked Darren to flip my fried eggs for me because 1) I wanted my yolks to remain intact, 2) I was too scared I would break them, and 3) he is notoriously much, much better than me at anything having to do with the stove. (The oven I have mastered – but […]
Sky Blue and Black – and why regret can work in our favor.
One of my very favorite songs in the whole wide world is filled with reflective lyrics about someone who has let the love of his life slip out of his hands. And now he spends his time thinking of all the ‘if only’ scenarios that he thinks could have preserved their love. Regretting. “… I’d […]
Subarus – and avoiding distress.
I just bought a brand new Subaru and part of me feels more at home than it has for a while. When I got married 4 years ago, I quickly purchased a bigger non-Subaru SUV because I think I felt like I needed to spread my wings and be someone ‘new’? After all, I […]
The Outsiders and Where You Belong.
(photo cred: @davidburnettfoto) When I was 16 years old, and finally able to drive myself, I discovered two of my to-this-day favorite things: Going to the movies, and The Outsiders. I didn’t know it then, but going to a movie – in a movie theatre – allowed my brain a distraction from the constant […]
4 Quitting Questions.
School is getting out next week in my neck of the woods and my teenage clients, for the most part, are thrilled! About a fourth of my client-base are teenagers and almost every one of them is most looking forward to not having to do math over the summer. Perhaps you know a teenage […]
Girls State – and cutting those apron strings.
My Mom – and Dad, if he were here – would tell you that out of all their children, I was the one most tightly ‘holding on to my Mom’s apron strings’ when I was little. To say I didn’t like to be away from them is a bit of an understatement. In those pre-cell […]
Following arrows – and Clyde Tombaugh.
In my research this week, I serendipitously came across the story of a man named Clyde Tombaugh. I hope you know who he is, but I have a feeling that, like me before a few days ago, you don’t. I will tell you what he’s known for, I promise. But first I want to […]
The story of Darren and “Dan”.
When Darren was growing up as the youngest of 4 fairly competitive siblings, he decided to pour a lot of his effort and teenage energy into practicing racquet sports. If a sport used a racquet, he would play, and he particularly loved tennis and racquetball. Through some connections of his dad’s he gained access […]
A large ladybug and having a say.
When my dad was being recruited to the University of Utah from the University of Minnesota, I was 7½ years old. There are a plethora of reasons why he decided to accept the offer, not the least of which was the closer proximity to both his and mom’s families in California. At that time I […]
Fear. And a really great purse.
One of the things that the people in my life – and probably the 12 of you reading this – used to tease me about is my purse. My particular brand of OCD + my Enneagram 6 phobic personality = an INORDINATE amount of time spent thinking about my purse. Condition #1 – It […]
