by fistbumpmedia | Jun 30, 2013 | Intangibles, Self-Care
Several things occurred this past week that, to be quite honest, put me in a funk. I spent much of Monday running errands; dealing with traffic congestion, long lines at the few stores I had to visit, a mix-up at the pharmacy that required a 30-minute wait, etc. had...
by fistbumpmedia | Jun 18, 2013 | Holidays amp; Other Special Days, Intangibles, Relationships
Of course, Americans recently celebrated Father’s Day, a day on which we recognize our Fathers with a gift and/or a carefully-selected or hand-made card. Across the country, children of all ages made a special effort to spend the day with their father, many of...
by fistbumpmedia | Jun 14, 2013 | Intangibles, Lifestyle
“A man’s home is his castle”, and “Home is where the heart is.” Just two of the hundreds of quotes that speak to the importance humans place on the idea of home. Libraries and book stores have hundreds of books on home improvement,...
by fistbumpmedia | Jun 12, 2013 | Lifestyle, Self-Care
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...
by fistbumpmedia | Jun 7, 2013 | Lifestyle
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...
by fistbumpmedia | Jun 4, 2013 | Intangibles, Lifestyle
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...
by fistbumpmedia | May 30, 2013 | Intangibles, Relationships, Self-Care
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...
by fistbumpmedia | May 16, 2013 | Nuts amp; Bolts
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 of...
by fistbumpmedia | May 14, 2013 | Holidays amp; Other Special Days, Nuts amp; Bolts, Relationships
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...
by fistbumpmedia | May 12, 2013 | Holidays amp; Other Special Days, Relationships
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...
