There is The Day Of, and then there is, inevitably, The Day After. Sometimes, yesterday was something hard — too long, too much, to stressful, too all over the place. But there is always The Day After. A chance to fix what didn’t work. To move on from what you can’t change. To let go [...]
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Not everyone is going to want to hear what you have to say. Not everyone will care about your story, Not everyone will read your words. Not everyone will hear you, really hear you, or see you, really see you. Not everyone will give a damn about any of it. Not everyone is going to [...]
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The world of mommy bloggers and mommy blog readers is all a-flutter: One of its most beloved and well-known women, Heather Armstrong (aka “Dooce” of Dooce.com) has separated from her husband. What’s more, she has announced her separation in, fittingly, a very public and bloggy way. A lot of people care a lot about this [...]
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Dreams, hopes and wants fall into many categories, all of which boil down into something simple like: 1) I can totally do/have/get/complete/achieve that thing. OR 2) There is no way I will ever do/have/get/complete/achieve that thing. All too often, we live in the safe harbor of the #1 stuff and steer clear of even dreaming [...]
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You are scared. Of that new thing you want so very badly. Of that old thing that won’t go away. You are scared. To apologize. To not apologize. You are scared. To say yes. To say no. To hear yes. To hear no. To be rejected. To be accepted. Of acceptance. You are scared. You’ve [...]
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This is, I think, a post about gratitude. This is not a “thank you” list, by the way. I have done those before, including here and here. Like many of you, perhaps, I’m not the best or the most proficient at said practice. I took the picture you see to the left at the park [...]
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I suppose I try to live my life as if every day were January 1. It isn’t easy. And, often, this approach pushes me too much and I have to step back, take a break, remind myself that I am, in fact, human. I think it’s cool if you have resolutions, and I hope that [...]
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This morning I tried to weasel out of my writing commitment. But my honey called me on it. Well, he didn’t have to. I called myself on it. The conversation went something like this: Me: Let’s go out to breakfast, wouldn’t that be fun!? Him: Sure. Me: How about we go right now!? Him: After [...]
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I am one of those people always looking for signs. They are there when we need them, but not always when or where we seek them. Whether it is saying “No” (or “Yes”) to something important, deciding to leave something in the past for good or leaping in good faith into something not known, I [...]
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It is possible that today I have nothing to write. But I have to have something to write because of the commitment I made to write every (week)day. Here’s what I thought of writing: 1) I’ve been seeing the same theme lately. Prospective clients telling me they want to hire me because next year will [...]
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