A colleague once shared with me a lesson that was passed on to her, one that she said she didn’t fully understand until several of her crystal balls were broken. My eyes opened wide at that, and I (thought I) was ready to absorb the lesson, whatever it may be. She told me that in … More Do You Cherish Your Crystal Balls?
In the movie, The Lion King, Rafiki, the shaman baboon blesses Simba, the young son of Mufasa, the king of the Pride Lands, and holds him up high on Pride Rock so that the elephants, giraffes, birds and other animals can see. As Simba grows, Mufasa teaches him about the importance of the Circle of … More The Circle of Life in two days
I was sitting side by side with Mr. D the other day talking about his stuffy, Bun Bun, or whatever else you talk about with a three-year-old when suddenly he reached up and touched my eyes. “I can see your eyes, but I can’t see mine eyes.” Drop the mic, my son just wrote a … More Here’s Looking At You, Kid
Nearly on the other side… … More The Year I Held My Breath
How many of you have taken a chemistry class? If so, the photo may look familiar to you. Those chemical reaction moments were, for me anyway, the highlight of high school chemistry class. I remember vividly that my chem teacher would assign us unknown solutions with instructions on how to combine them. From that little … More Reactive Solutions
When I was new to blogging, I spent some time looking for bloggers that were good writers, aligned with what I was interested in, and who I was inspired by. I lucked out by finding, Betsy Kerekes on Parenting is Funny. There’s much to love about Betsy but I think what stuck the most for … More Podcast Episode 3: On Mountaineering, Martial Arts, Overcoming Challenges and Motherhood
And today, on this new moon, I’ve been talking to myself in a particularly harsh way. I actually think many of us do this fairly regularly, for whatever reasons. We don’t need to beat ourselves up about this, and we can’t expect to undo this deep-seated habit in one moon cycle. I fully anticipate spending the rest of my life learning to improve the way I love myself, and that’s okay. However, I really think it’s important for us to, at the very least, catch ourselves when we are doing it. And today I caught myself, and was a bit horrified. … More Really Listen To The Way We Talk To Ourselves
You know that feeling? The one where you’re hanging on by a thread? … More Empathy in Living Color
Black clouds were moving in on the National Mall in Washington D.C. and heavy rain looked like it was going to drop at any moment. My girlfriend and I were unprepared. When we had left in the morning, neither of us had bothered to listen to the news to see what the weather was calling … More The Voyage of Life
Our new little baby blog has turned one month! What a fun month it has been trying to write and talk our way through our journey to discover what matters most. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this conversation meaningful. In Case You Missed … More January’s Greatest Hits
The Heart of the Matter 