It happened twice today. Quiet, unassuming, and yet oh, so significant, the invitation came. The first was in conversation with a friend over coffee this morning. Open, compassionate, and genuinely curious, she asked me: “What’s been hard about all that you’ve been through recently?” And there it was – the invitation: You’re in a safe place….
— 1 — Winter has finally arrived in the Midwest – and boy, has it ever. People, it is COLD. But there is snow now, so at least it’s pretty! I have always loved the snow. When I looked up a post I remembered writing about it (over 6 years ago now), I was reminded…
The options have been kicking around in my head for a few days now. What will my one word for 2015 be? I hopped on the OneWord365 train a couple of years ago with the word compassion, and while I didn’t blog about it often, it was impactful. Learning to have compassion towards myself that year was…
— 1 — This week’s best text of the week award goes to: “Yay! Julia finally made a good decision!” Sadly, only true Parenthood fans will truly understand that, but OMGoodness, she sent the lawyer kid home last night. Joel – we’re pulling for you. We know you were really dumb for about 5 episodes….
I suppose it’s inevitable that, having grown up in the ’80s/’90s, there is occasionally going to be a day when all I can say by the end of it is: “Have mercy…” – and that I will totally (<– see what I just did there?) hear the voices of Jesse Katsopolis and Joey Gladstone in my head when I say it….
