I just returned from Benton, KY (in Marshall County) yesterday morning. I was there to celebrate the life of my grandmother and to do my own grieving. You see, Benton, KY is not a big town, nor is it a destination in travel guides, but it was the most magical place I could imagine as […]
As the new year arrived I began thinking about setting resolutions and I decided against it. My favorite (and most-hated part) of setting resolutions is the dreaming. I take time to sit, reflect and dream about what change I want to invite into my life. Perhaps I write it down, perhaps I take steps towards […]
I entered this holiday season with mixed emotions. As I heard the Christmas songs on the radio laud how “magical” this time of year is, I found myself feeling a bit cynical. As the crooners sang about how this is the “most wonderful time of the year,” I couldn’t help but feel frustrated that I […]
Okay, I admit it. I lost my, uh, “composure” with my kids today. We’ll just call it composure because I truly only have curse words to describe the scene at my house a few hours ago. My toddler is doing exactly what she’s designed to do right now…resist! Today each activity we did to get […]
My blog intention: A practice of mindfulness, “being enough”, letting go of unneeded emotions & things….ultimately less. I am not sure where I heard that clutter is much like visual noise. I don’t even know if I came up with that or I read it somewhere, but that concept occurs to me on a regular […]
