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First snow
I can't help but smile when the first flakes fall. Watching my son run outside yesterday, tilt his head back, and catch the first snowflake of the year on his tongue made me laugh out loud. Not only...
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A different season
I usually start talking about the holidays mid-August and my sister gently reminds me to enjoy Labor Day. I start because things have been a bit wonky in my family for the last few years. The...
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My greatest teachers...
are by far my sons. Three lessons gleamed from the weekend:Late to a party, annoyed, and moving slowly in rush hour traffic on Friday night, my four year old looked out the window at all the car...
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Getting lost
I step into my harness, and reach around my back to chalk my hands. As my foot finds the first hold and my fingers search upward the world falls away. I hear only the sounds of my breath and the blood...
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A new mantra: Walk like I am in the woods.
Just returned from a trip up north with my friend and colleague Julie Kesti. We headed up there to work on our January retreats and to connect before she leaves for a huge adventure - a move to China...
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Light in the season
Last night the boys and I paused outside to honor the solstice and to make wishes for the coming year. As we sat in the dark, I thought of the sweet family who lost their son this year. I thought of...
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A Guest Blogger/Flogger: Staying in the Moment
I was writing a post about the post-holiday crazies and being in the moment - then my beautiful, hilarious, and slightly irreverent sister send this. She is a wonderful writer and she summed it all up...
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Do it now
Six weeks ago a close friend's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 6-12 months. His funeral is on Wednesday.Over the last six weeks I've been thinking a lot about mortality and how...
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a theme song. Mine is constantly changing but most mornings I find one fitting for the day. If you don't have one you can borrow one of my faves...
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All my old posts are still here but you can find my new ones here!
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