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For the first year ever, I’m not sending out holiday cards this year. I just couldn’t make it happen in time. I had plans to take the “perfect” picture that were foiled a couple times [...]
I hit a wall last weekend. There had been news reports that perhaps this virus situation could last eighteen months, and I was feeling, frankly, despondent. I spent a day and a half really [...]
I love giving compliments. I’ve made a conscious effort to notice good things about people around me and point them out ever since I was in college. But I’m not as good at letting [...]
Christmastime is my favorite. I love it so, so much. Though, when I was growing up, my mom insisted that we wait until Thanksgiving was finished before beginning Christmas festivities [...]
There was a Winter Family Sing-along at my son’s school this morning, and I did what I always do. I have this thing where I tend to shed tears almost every time I’m at an event at my kids’ [...]
Let me start by telling you a bit about myself before I had my daughter. I was your classic, Type-A overachiever who desperately wanted everyone around her to be pleased with her at all times. [...]
I sat down to meditate last week with a heavy heart. The news of the past few weeks was really bringing me down, to be honest. My morning had already begun at its typical pace— a speed I’d not [...]
This picture was taken five years ago. It was a happy day on the beach with friends in the waning days of summer. But time is so wild it feels like it might have been two weeks ago. Or ten [...]
Our 16 Days of Kindness Challenge began on Monday and is making ripples far and wide. I have heard from people I know all over the country who have been inspired by it and are joining in, with [...]
I agreed to go to a glassblowing class with a friend a few years ago in Santa Barbara, and it turned into a big mess. I had never thought of trying glassblowing before, but my friend was so [...]