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Tweet When I began my blog I was newly-unemployed. I decided to split my available time between my son, embarking on a job search and expanding my social media skills. It took ten months to secure a new job. During those months, my son and I went on various outings . . . → Read More: Life Happens Tweet The goal or theme of writing this blog was how I intended to make sure my life was balanced. I started a new job in October and as a result I have not been writing. I have been very busy at work and learning a great deal, and I did not have much more . . . → Read More: My Life Interrupted Tweet My son saw his first rainbow today. I have to say it was pretty cool. He was at soccer practice. I was not thrilled to be there on the sidelines because it was overcast and windy. I thought we had lucked out with no rain but the clouds opened up with about five minutes left. . . . → Read More: Rainbows…a little bit of magic Tweet I was sorting through some files and I came across a list of books. About two years ago on Facebook people were inviting their friends to “List 15 books you’ve read that will always stick with you. They should be the first 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.” I did . . . → Read More: What do my favorite books say about me? Tweet This is both a discussion of procrastination and spiritual exploration. In April, we went through the Easter season. At that time, I read an article by Jeff Goins entitled “Why Writers Must Practice Resurrection.” Among other things he wrote: “When you write, you share a piece of you with the world. You put your . . . → Read More: A Spiritual Rebirth, Writing Renewal Tweet Life is going to be pretty good. You can stress less about the future. Try to enjoy moments in the present. Try very hard. Spend more time with your grandmother to learn more about her youth. Some day it could help put pieces together. It would be fun to think that maybe she’d share . . . → Read More: What I Would Say To My 20-Year Old Self Tweet I am on a train, traveling through New Mexico. I am here to clear my head. Well, that was my intention. Weather interfered with the start of my trip. I got stuck in Dallas overnight and was very angry. However, a lady was on the same plane with me who had started in Ireland. . . . → Read More: A New Mexico Adventure Tweet In December, as I read about Elizabeth Edwards (when she passed away from cancer), I heard a few things that stood out: as her condition worsened, she wanted to leave her children with great memories of living rather than prepare them/focus on her pending death; and she wrote letters to her children so they . . . → Read More: A Letter to My Son Tweet I previously started a list of things that had surprised me as a parent. More of what I had not expected when I had a child, in no particular order… Parents of boys have to look harder to find clothes. I have walked into a store and had to ask if they carried boys’ . . . → Read More: The Unexpected Tweet Today I read two different posts on the topic of parenting and working. In one, a mother addressed the question of why she would choose to work outside the home. No one has dared to ask me that directly. I have worked since I graduated from college, and that was more than 20 years . . . → Read More: The Choice to be a “Working Mom” |
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