It’s Christmas Eve! I LOVE Christmas Eve! Growing up, in our house, Christmas Eve was the big event. It was when all the magic and wonder and excitement happened. Christmas Day was about turkey dinner and visiting. But Christmas Eve! With our children, we tended to do more on Christmas Day, in the tradition of […]
Light Lessons
Turning around a bad day…
Thursday night I fell into bed utterly exhausted. I had struggled to stay awake until 9:30, admitted defeat and trudged off to bed. No sooner did my head hit the pillow than my eyes popped open. I tried, oh how I tried to go to sleep. At 12:30, I got up and went to find […]
Light from the dark places
“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There’s a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen died this week. While I may not have cared for his vocal stylings, you cannot deny the man was a gifted poet. The words above are lyrics from his song Anthem […]
A letter to a young girl…
Dearest girl, I saw a photo of you the other day. You were at the lake with your grandparents and your Papa was taking pictures because that’s what he loves to do. You were sitting on a driftwood log on the beach with the breeze lifting your hair just a bit and you were looking […]
Looking through a new lens…
“Look at that sign across the street! I can read that sign!” I said excitedly. Tugging on My Sweet’s hand I exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, can you see that? That little sign down the street? I can see that! I can READ that!” If I was a ‘dancing in the streets Mary Tyler Moore-esque twirling, […]
People keep asking…
Not quite two months ago we became grandparents again and people keep asking me if it’s different this time. No. That beautiful baby does what all babies do: eats, sleeps, and dirties diapers. Nothing out of the ordinary really, at least not yet. So why do people keep asking if this time is different? Because […]
For the girl in the Harry Potter hat…
I was standing in the children’s section of a bookstore the other day when I first saw her. A young girl with her back to me was in earnest conversation with one of the clerks. I was guesstimating her age at about 10 maybe 11 years old. I’d had to edge past her to get […]
How to make friends in your middle years
“Is it my imagination or are people friendlier this year?” I asked My Sweet as we walked from the marina up to our campsite. We had been in camp a few days and were noticing a difference. We were used to the politely mumbled morning greetings as we passed people in the dark on our […]
Know your limit – play within it
I’m in a dilemma. Mostly I have made my decision but I’m not very happy with myself about it. I feel like I’m letting myself down but I’m also pretty sure I’m making the best decision. My Sweet and I are on our annual fishing trip to the West Coast. He has been here every […]
The day my brain let me down…again…
Let’s see. Can I think back over my morning and find some aberration that explains what happened at lunch? Something, anything, that explains why my brain disconnected so spectacularly? I had my usual mini-carafe of coffee to start the day. It’s not quite a carafe, but almost. It’s 16 ounces of bright red ceramic, sturdy, […]
