I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I’ve posted. Over the past few months I’ve made blogging a priority and achieved my goal to post three times each week. But these past two weeks have been different. I am always struggling to find…
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#ThrowBackThursday: That will be enough.
I’ve been doing a bit of cleaning up here around the blog. For the first time since I created this blog eight years ago, I began sorting through my drafts folder. Most of them were many years old, half-started thoughts that I never got around…
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Oh, it’s just emotions.
How are you, friends? I hope that you are having a great week. As for me, I am okay, but I’m in a little bit of a slump — more specifically, I’m overwhelmed. I know I’ve said it again and again, but the past couple…
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// cultivate joy
Last week I took the kids to the park. While they were playing on the playground — running around, climbing, jumping, going up and down the slides — I sat down on the swing. I started swinging back-and-forth. Pumping my legs, going higher and then…
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// leaning into joy
There are three ways to deal with a problem, I think. Lean into it. Lean away from it. Run away. You lean into a problem, especially a long-term or difficult one, by sitting with it, reveling in it, embracing it and breathing it in. The…
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Seasons, Rain, Success
We were walking today, and even though it’s the height of summer, the berries are already starting to form on the bushes. It reminds me that the bright berry days of autumn aren’t far away. In our favorite craft store, the summer decor has already…
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Solstice Reflections: Jump and God Will Catch You
Dear Friends, Happy Solstice. Summer Solstice, also known as midsummer, occurs when the earth’s rotational axis on its northern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the sun. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, when we get more sunlight than we do on…
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June // The Month of Light
Hello my dear friends! Happy June! I am so enchanted with this beautiful month. Here in the northeast, the early spring blossom has passed and an entire new set of beautiful blooms are open. It is peony & rose season and — oh my goodness…
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Girls’ Night In with Gloria Ferrer
If I made a list of the things that I love most, bringing friends together with wine and appetizers would be right at the top of that list. Friends + wine + food = pure love. Am I right?! Last week, after a busy work…