Living Authentically (Part 2 — Physically)
As I studied what it meant to live authentically, I found (as I explained in my last post) that the key points I noted fell into one of four life categories: spiritual, physical, relational, and emotional. I decided to focus on physical authenticity first simply...
Living Authentically (Part 1)
In mid 2011, I heard about an online scrapbooking class that involved choosing one word to focus on throughout the year and then scrapbooking about how that word in some way "played out" each month. Being passionate about words (which no doubt was either caused by...
The Quiet After
This past Friday, my daughter and I -- she in a u-haul with all of her furniture and I in my car loaded down with some of her clothes and other odds and ends -- were moving her from my home to her new apartment in the city. Just as she pulled the truck up to the...
Oh, the Places I’ve Been! (apologies to Dr. Seuss)
When my son graduated from kindegarten, my husband and I gave him a copy of Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go! with a note from us written on the inside front cover. We moved a year later, and my daughter attended kindegarten at a school didn't have kindegarten...
Honey-Do
I’m currently sitting in my car dealer/mechanic’s waiting room, waiting (what else?) on a mechanic to finish changing my car’s oil and to replace worn wiper blades and a burned-out tail light. The total cost hovers around $115, which isn’t bad considering the cost...
Red-Letter Days
I am very blessed to be the mother of two Spring 2013 graduates; my son is graduating from medical school and my daughter from college. That's the good news. The not-so-good news? They graduate on the same day. At the same time. In cities almost 5 hours apart.When...
Happy Mother’s Day
Tomorrow will be the 8th Mother's Day (in a row) that I have spent with only one of my children. In May 2006, my son had his first Spring finals the week after Mother's Day, so instead of spending the day with me, he was holed-up in his Ole Miss dorm room studying....
On the Road Again!
Vacations are, for many people, a wonderful, much-anticipated event. Travel to new and interesting places or to family favorites as well as being off work and away from the normal routine can be relaxing and rejuvenating. That may not be the case, though, for those...
The Best Laid Plans
Robert Burns penned the lines, The best laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft a-gley, [often go awry]", and if there's one thing I've learned in my life is that he was right.A little over a week ago (on Sunday, April 21), I headed out bright and early to spend a...
Until Death do You Part
"Are you seeing anyone?" Our telephone conversation about safety-deposit boxes completed, my banker/casual friend from back home posed a question I've been asked more than a few times in the past 3 1/2 years."No, I thought about it, but I don't think it's for me. I...