Category Archives: Family
Loss
Last week I lost a friend who passed at the end of a year-long battle with cancer. The unfairness of his passing, the wife and daughters left. The friends left in limbo and confusion, touched me in the way that … Continue reading
Filed under change, Family, Life thoughts
Happiness
I went to the Topanga Film Festival this morning to see the documentary Happy and I started thinking about happiness, the concept, the reality and the possibilities. I have been following The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin for about a … Continue reading
Filed under choice, Family, Focus, Life thoughts
A Sense of Smell
Sometimes I wonder how smells can so influence my life. We are all familiar with the memory trigger of a well-loved song, or the feeling of looking at a picture, a snapshot of a time and place enshrined in photo … Continue reading
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What if?
I am beginning with the premise of “what if?” today. The idea came to visit me in a dream last night and I woke up with it floating around in my head, forming words that had to come out. What … Continue reading
Filed under change, Education, Family, Life thoughts
Empty House
I just came home to a very quiet house that suddenly feels a bit too large. Two of the three bedrooms are uncharacteristically clean and the remnants of food I don’t really eat sit in the refrigerator and on the … Continue reading
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Lost in the Fire, Stimulus for Understanding
Another task in my recent writing class was to imagine a character who had lost everything in a fire. All people and animals are fine, but the belongings, the “stuff” of their life is gone. I did not need a … Continue reading
Filed under creative writing, Family, Life thoughts, Mothers
To Infinity and Beyond
Yosemite is not exactly “to infinity” but there is a world of difference between daily life at home, and daily life in Yosemite. Camping is definitely the way to appreciate the finer things in life, like the smell of pine, … Continue reading
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Preparing for the Great Outdoors
The countdown for our camping trip has begun and the last-minute gathering of supplies is upon us. Time for lists and enlisting help! This is our first official camping trip in years, since the girls were younger and we were … Continue reading
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Change
Change can be empowering, frightening, enlightening, depressing, difficult or exciting. Often change is all of these emotions at the same time, which is possibly why so many of us are hesitant to voluntarily take change on. Usually change happens “to” … Continue reading
Filed under change, Family, Life thoughts, Power Words, Walking
Care
Sometimes I think I care too much, but is that really possible? I care about the many people in my life: friends, family, students, parent of students, my dog (well he is sort of like a person) and then of … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Life thoughts
