My girls are at an age now where they are enjoying the Christmas countdown. So much so they have asked me to have the numbers up, so they can see how many days to go. It makes them so excited, watching the days tick down, the inevitable fun of Christmas morning inching ever closer. As … Continue reading reminder
pregnant pause
December, the month of endings, the month of finishing, the month of preparation for a new year, a new beginnings. I love this time of year. But if I'm honest, sometimes in all the hustle of this season, I wish it all away and wish that next year was here already. We are a people … Continue reading pregnant pause
embrace
It is December this week, and I see it hurtling towards me. I feel inside that tensing and bracing, getting ready for the oncoming onslaught of busy. This happens every year. Every year, I fight it. The busy that December brings. And, every year, I lose. So I am wondering what will happen this year … Continue reading embrace
compassion
So I broke my promise. The one I made, when I said I was going to write every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until the end of the year. I didn't post on Monday this week. I couldn't. I was overwhelmed by the voices on social media, hard, unforgiving, strident, graceless. When did compassion get to … Continue reading compassion
I was going to
I had a ... well for the sake of the guilty parties let's call it a discussion ... with my daughter the other day. It went like this: Why didn't you do X? I was going to! But you didn't But I was going to! Procrastination, isn't it wonderful! The dictionary definition is procrastinate: to … Continue reading I was going to
inspire
I spent the weekend at my first creative retreat, with a community of women who were brave, vulnerable, creative souls. The night before I left I wrote two words over and over in my journal: breathe write breathe write breathe write The retreat was called "inspire". So of course being a words girl I want … Continue reading inspire