Category: Living well
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The Worst Enemy
I did an exercise in a class once, perhaps you have done it as well. If not, give it a try. Number 1 through 5 and write “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly, I would . . .” Then give yourself the time, and the honesty, to fill in those lines. How many…
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Don’t Leave
I was reading a brief blurb the other day about a celebrity couple who have been married for multiple decades, which, in today’s world, is often seen as some sort of feat. When asked the secret of their enduring relationship, the answer was the simple two words “Don’t leave.” Sounds pretty basic, doesn’t it? But…
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Punctuation
There are landmarks in all of our lives, events that changed everything, events that we will always see as defining a clear “before” and a clear “after.” It occurred to me this week that one of the reasons Thanksgiving is so meaningful to me is that it is one of those dividing lines between a…
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Continuity
Thanksgiving has always been “my” holiday, I love seeing family ad friends around the table, I love the process of cooking and baking old favorites and experimenting with new things. Menu planning often includes sifting through a pile of Thanksgiving-themed cooking magazines looking for that special “something” my guests will enjoy. Not sure whether that…
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Decompressing
I long for the ability to decompress, to be able to take even a moment and let go of all the obligations and the stress, of the endless list of things that have to be done or worried about or figured out. I have, only half jokingly, said that I think I came from the…
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As If
It is easy to look at someone else’s life and think they’ve got it all figured out. It’s easy to think that everything works for them while nothing feels like it’s working for you. It’s easy, and maybe it’s human nature, but it’s wrong. Pretty much always wrong. I had a conversation this week with…
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Wearing Pink
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, it’s the time we celebrate survivors and the time we remind ourselves that prevention can save lives. There’s lots of pink and lots of events where we can honor the journey we have survived or honor the lives of those whom we have lost. But the message is much…
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Transformation
I’ve been thinking about the concept of transformation. The word and the concept feel sort of magical to me. It’s the caterpillar becoming a butterfly and the ugly duckling the beautiful swam and it’s the change we sometimes see when someone’s face alights with a smile that lights up a room. But is it really…
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Doing Hard Things
So much of the direction of our life reflects our personality. We see it in our relationships, in our work, in our choices. We play our roles in life firmly based on who we are and who we have always been. That’s not to say we can’t learn and grow and change along the way.…
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From Generation to Generation
By the time I was born, both of my grandfathers had been gone for many years. My paternal grandmother died when I was a year old and my maternal grandmother turned 80 when I was a toddler. I believe she’d understood English fully, and likely spoke it well in younger years but, by the time…
With a Full Heart 