My son comes home from college this week, his first visit since we moved him to Atlanta in August. It was an exciting beginning for him after a bittersweet end to his high school years. He...
Giving Thanks for Endings and Beginnings
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The Limit Busting Power of Purpose, Running Buddies and High Fives
"I unfortunately need to tell you that I have to pull out of the Army Ten Miler," my friend Donna wrote in an email on August 29th. It would have been our second race together. Last year,...
Kids Flying the Coop for College: The Moment You Realize “Time’s Up”
It's been years since I've cried this much. I don't like to cry. I'm perfectly comfortable with other people crying, but as the only female in a house seething with testosterone, crying...
Resizing After A Mega Road Trip
Home two and a half days now, and still realigning. The laundry is done. The fridge is restocked. But I'm still getting my head refocused. For two weeks, during an RV trip through several...
50 Uplifting Life Lessons Learned from Breast Cancer (pun intended)
Five years ago today, on June 10, 2009, I lay on an operating table with my arms immobilized in Velcro crucifix constraints forming perfect 90 degree angles from my torso. Salty tears slid...
How to Shoot a Chickadee
Please excuse my absence. I've been trying to channel a chickadee for the past several weeks. Did you know that chickadees have retinas lined with receptors that are twice as dense as...
15 Life Lessons Gleaned From a Forsythia Bud
First, I wanted to apologize to my email subscribers for my last post's (A Few of My Favorite Things) crazy formatting. The piece was fine on the website, but I didn't size the photos...
A Few of My Favorite Things
Hi folks! How do you like my new blog design? Since this year is focused on Whispers From My Garden, I asked the lovely and talented Tara DuBois of Unbound Website Creations to design a...
Why the GE Mom Commercial Hurts Women
Does anybody else out there (male or female) have an inferiority complex when they watch the GE commercial that's been running during the U.S. coverage of the Olympics? It's the one with...
Why I Skipped Town for a Solo Retreat (and Why You Should Too)
Spirit and I got out of Dodge last night. After thinking about it for years, I finally said, "This is the time." It wasn't an angry, "I'm leaving!" kind of decision. Or, "You...
On Aging Dogs, Acceptance, and Making Time for Gratitude
Today Spirit stumbled coming up the three steps from the back patio. His hindquarters just collapsed. I helped him up and he was wagging his tail as soon as he made it into the house,...
How to Tap into the Power of Community (Even if You’re an Introvert)
Are you a joiner type of person? Or do you prefer to work solo? Do you find safety in numbers, or do you feel alone in a crowd? I've always tended to be in the latter category. Although...