Calling all readers! Yes you, if you want. Tell me about a moment when you were happy, so happy you could hardly see straight. You couldn’t have been happier if you’d won the Lottery. A few months into the blogging last year, I realized truth and beauty were what I was drawn to exploring on… Read More Open Floor: Join Us For Happy Hour
What color is make-believe, you ask? It is the color of time that never runs out, the sun streaming over a land where children are kings and queens, It is the heart of Middle-earth The color of Cinderella’s tears, the color of beauty who loved the beast Pinocchio’s lies and the virtue of knights, the… Read More The Color of Make-Believe
At Six First bite into food. Mmmmmm. Life is good. At Six-and-a-half How many odd numbers are there? Are there more odd than even? Mom, how many people are there in the world? Mom, how old is Count Dooku? Yoda? Darth Vader? What is three minus four? What is 13-15? What is negative zero? Mommy,… Read More Words Between Mom and Boy, Part 2
You might run for the thrill. You sail into the zone, keep on like you’re under a spell. I wish it came so naturally to me, wish these limbs would move with knowing. I run because I was terrible at it. And I’m less terrible the more I do it. I run to silence the… Read More Why I Run
Your toe broke through the sole. We peeped into a row of run-down restaurants for a new shoe and then stood beneath the eaves, watching cloudburst pound the pavement. I cradled you — seven years tall. I would carry you in the rain. You grew a few years smaller in my arms before slipping into… Read More Carry You In The Rain
Fear dictates a lot of what we do, say, and don’t. Over the years, my husband and I have peeled back the face of harsh words, avoidance, and everything in between to lay bare this tyrant in the heart. The things I want from him will often lead back to my fear of finding myself… Read More What If You Weren’t Afraid?
Socializing I just finished saying in Part One that before you connect with others, you have to know and be yourself. Moving on, we see that a purpose-driven blog won’t stand alone. Because it’s a blog, not a book. If you are putting in the time to draft posts that are four, six, eight paragraphs… Read More How to Succeed as a Blogger – Lighting Dynamite, Part 2
A Holistic Journey 