BE GRATEFUL
This morning, while the kids were playing nicely together, I sat down with my cup of tea and started reading some of my fave blogs. I use Google Reader. Instead of feeling uplifted by all the inspiration (food, photography, decorating, travel), I just felt yuck. Here I was sitting in my faded owl pajamas from […]
ON CHILDREN
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may […]
JUNE END
I have a confession to make. Now that my kids are 7.5 and 5.5 years of age, I genuinely enjoy spending time with them. A couple of years ago, I would dread an outing with them because, well, they were still so little and it was always such an effort. And most days we came […]
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
We are celebrating the father of my children next Sunday.. but I wanted to yell out HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to my Daddy, who is thousands of miles away and hopefully enjoying a round of golf, followed by the US Open on the telly. Thank you Dad for all the hard work and sacrifices you made […]
BORN AGAIN (SORT OF)
The simple truth is that I had to wait almost 29 years for my life to really begin. My beautiful girl, You have taught me more about love and life than any other person on this planet. You wear your heart on her sleeve and I wish I could bubble wrap it and protect it […]
WHAT WAS I THINKING?
Spring 2006 There was a time in my life, after my second daughter was born, that I went through this Matching Phase. I wanted my girls to be in matching clothes. I find it funny now.. because they could not be more polar opposite in their dress sense. One is a tee shirt and shorts […]
