Category: Gratitude

Thankful Thursday – 2017 Gratitude Journal

Tween was diagnosed with ADHD this fall, which makes two-for-two of my kids with ADHD (one Hyperactive, the other Inattentive). For him, it was the missing piece of his health puzzle: ADHD spins his brain leading to insomnia, and enough accrued sleep debt leads to cyclic vomiting/migraines. He felt so relieved to have new information and … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – 2017 Gratitude Journal

2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV

Just about a year ago, my brother-in-law and I discussed creativity as we washed Christmas china. We hatched a plan to invite people to post on my blog about creativity. As a result, this year 39 people have guest-posted, one friend 2x, and I have been moved, inspired, blessed. Throughout this year, I have heard two … Continue reading 2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV

Be Still…

“Stillness can be an adventure,” says Pico Iyer, and so on my birthday I gave myself the gift of stillness. I left my phone on airplane mode and turned off my email. No news, no social media. I went for a longer-than-usual run. I gave myself a mani-pedi. I lit a candle, sipped a cup … Continue reading Be Still…

chronic…peace?

My sister has battled a chronic illness for 12.5 years, one that almost killed her at first and kept her in a medically-induced coma for most of the next five months. She has been in and out of countless doctors' offices and in the hospital too regularly. It's quite possible that, in any given year, she sees … Continue reading chronic…peace?

Thankful Thursday – Forced Detox

I'm back! For the last few weeks my computer has either struggled to function or has been in the shop (don't even get me started on the several internet technicians who spent hours at my house replacing brand-new modems with other brand-new modems or moving brand-new modems to different locations in my not-big-enough-for-this house; or the … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Forced Detox

Thankful Thursday – Summer 2016 Reading

Denial wouldn't work if I tried. It's no use. Technically, summer may last through September 21st, but fall has arrived. This was our first year ever that 1st Day of School pictures have a distinctly gray--not blue--background. The alarm sounds too early and too cold each morning and, once again, too much homework has crowded … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Summer 2016 Reading

Meatless Monday – Apple Pie Oatmeal

Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out Stressed Out, 21 Pilots I’m no singer but, like many mamas, I sang my babies to sleep. I even made up my own lullaby for Baby Teen which became Baby Tween’s lullaby as well. … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Apple Pie Oatmeal

Bucks for Beauty?

Most days, when I think about it at all, I believe I won the Good Skin lottery. My grandmother never used a facial cream of any sort and, at her passing at age 96, her face wore only the normal road map of life experience. In her mid-70s, my mom is only just beginning to … Continue reading Bucks for Beauty?