I watch too much TV. Streaming services has made this worse. I hate commercials and being able to watch commercial free has increased my desire to watch. However, at the end of 2019, my family and I went on a college visit for my daughter. It was a five-hour car ride, so I listened to an audiobook. …
It’s Thanksgiving Day. It’s a day of giving thanks for all that we are and all that we have. This year’s Thanksgiving will be a little different. There will just be 3 of us today. We are bringing food to my 93 years old mother-in-law. My brother usually joins us for this holiday but this …
My son just sent me a series of texts. He is going to his first adulting job. He is nervous, scared and feeling a little lost. To sum it up – he is stressed. I texted him that feeling stressed is a good thing. It means you are growing as a person. Unfortunately, growth is not always …
I have been binge watching 12 seasons of Bones. Bones is a detective show that was on FOX and is now on Hulu. I never intended to do this. Intellectually, I know this is a colossal waste of time. Yet, I watch on. It started when I was sick – too sick to read, too sick to think. …
There were a couple of things to do on my To-Do list. I wanted to write an essay on boosting creativity. I also needed to clean the bathroom. I’m one of those writers who loves having written, but I struggle with the idea of actually sitting down and making it happen. So, guess which option I chose? Yep – …
“This is life advice, not a fortune,” said my daughter with disgust. We were at a Chinese Buffet. It was all delicious. At the end of our meal our waiter brought us our bill and 3 fortune cookies. Her fortune said, “To love and be loved is like feeling the sun from both sides.” My …
Finding time to be and feel creative can be tricky. There are so many things to do in a day. Kids, relationships, family, home maintenance, meals. It’s hard to fit it all in. And usually feeling creative gets shoved to the back behind all the other things. But when we allow that to happen, we …
The Coronavirus is playing with my mind. I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt warm and woozy and icky. I knew I was sick. I imagined how I was going to get through this. Was my daughter going to have to take care of me? My husband went to bed not …
My kids are done being little. That fact kind of snuck up on me. I spent a lot of time working with kids in my home, so little people were still around. But, no more. I leave the house and go to work. I return home to my house where my daughter is 15 and …