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Holding Fast to Small Sparks of Joy

Recently I have been reflecting on the idea of small beginnings. Small beginnings and baby steps along unknown paths toward the things that for me provide a spark of joy but can also carry uncertainty. If I am honest with myself, this likely has almost always been the...

The Inner Voice of Truth

I’m not sure when exactly my love of reading transformed into a desire that included wanting to write, or how that desire took root in my heart and mind. Because while I have many happy memories around reading—trips to the library, reading books in my class in which...

Putting the Flex in Flexibility

As with many children, especially toddlers, there was a time when our girls were young when they were far more stubborn than flexible. About pretty much anything. And everything. I took this all in stride because I remembered a story my mom liked to tell about one of...

What’s Possible

There’s something beautiful about the journey of parenting. And while so much of the wisdom shared around parenting focuses around how quickly time goes, including the idea that there are only 940 Saturdays or weekends from when your child is born until they turn 18,...

Love for the Bad Days

Let’s face it. Life is hard and we all have bad days. Days where nothing seems to go the way we planned or the way we want. Days where we feel more emotional, even weepy or maybe angry, than other days. Days where we’d like to treat ourselves to the day in bed or on...