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A Life Too Short

Last night, I went to a memorial service for my spouse’s boss – a man who died too young after a short, fierce battle with cancer. I did not know this man well, only having met him a handful of times, but I was moved beyond words by what I witnessed. The event itself was very non-traditional. As far as memorial services go, it was perfect in every way. The venue was intimate, non-religious and…

Wake Up – Because Life is Short

Life is short. So damn short. So why do we keep living like tomorrow is guaranteed? It’s not. People die. Good people die. Good people die young…when they still have stuff to do. We walk around assuming it’s not going to happen to us or, worse, to someone we love. We assume that we still have tomorrow to be the person we wish we were today. But, it’s time to wake up and get real. Because that…

Gratitude – Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

So, my last post talked about exploring gratitude even in situations that are instantly and instinctively perceived as bad. I talked about how I am naturally a ‘silver lining’ kind of person and how I naturally see what is good in bad situations. And I am. I do. Still, gratitude has been at the forefront of my mind since writing that last post. And, I’ve learned a little bit of something about my…

Reading this may just change your life.

So, last night this Weekend Reading List by Becoming Minimalist appeared in my Facebook news feed: Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads. I just read the first article How to Become a Luckier Person Overnight. I am BEGGING everyone who is reading this to go, right now, and read this article. Yes, it’s long. Yes, it has lots of words in it but, please, humour me. I sincerely believe it has the…

Dear littlest Littles, I’m sorry that sometimes (ok, a lot of times) us grownups and the bigger Littles are snarky at you. It’s not your fault. Please don’t ever think it is. I mean, yes, sometimes you’re annoying. Sometimes you try really hard at being annoying. But, you’re little, it’s almost like your job. So *cough* keep up the good work. Because, even though sometimes we act like it is,…

A very long post about a post I read…

Yesterday, I read an interesting post over at Must Be This Tall To Ride, called I Guess I’m a Little Bit Sexist. Now, the author, who I honestly think is incredibly talented, recently blew up on the internet for his post She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes By The Sink. I started reading his blog around this time because a bunch of my Facebook friends had shared this and other posts. And, I…

Lessons I wish my children didn’t have to learn the hard way: Post Number 3

People are can be jerks. That’s not the lesson. It’s a fact we all learn early in life. From the time we hit the playground in kindergarten only to be shoved off the swings by the mean kid. Jerks abound. Strangers can be jerks. People we work with can be jerks. Friends can be jerks. People we love the most can be jerks. And, we, ourselves, can be jerks. The reasons people can be jerks vary.…

Lessons I wish my children didn’t have to learn the hard way: Post Number 2

So, I created this blog with the intent of posting every day…but as I seem to have said more than once today…even the best laid plans… So, some eye surgery has had me away from the screen, but that’s ok. So, here’s something else I wish my kids (and all humans) could know and understand right now: You are enough. You’re not more than enough. You’re not less than enough. You’re exactly enough.…