Ahh, Christmas. Though I don’t celebrate it, I do love it, and I think this is why: Christmas brings magic into my life. Christmas is soft snow falling, cocooning at home. Gorgeous seasonal decorations and light. Delicious food, snacks, drinks. Time! Time off, time with family, time with friends, time to reflect. Lovely music, feel-good …
I’ve wanted to be a writer for a long, long time. At first, I thought the only “real” books were fiction, so that’s what I wanted to write. Then I realized that I really wasn’t good at fiction writing, and I really loved facts and narratives, so I thought something social or instructional or travel-oriented …
I’ve been working hard. So has Husband. Our house was messy. We were tired. Home-made meals were thrown together at 7:00 at night once we were both home from work. It wasn’t that pretty. Yesterday was Day 1 of my winter break. And oh – what a difference! I woke up … happy! And late …
Today I had a surprise phone call from some friends I haven’t seen in a while … maybe 1.5 years. I used to work with the man, and he and his partner have a baby just a few weeks younger than our girl. We’ve been meaning to catch up, so they called, and we did. …
I’ve always been a reader. My dad talks about how he’d come home from work exhausted when I was a toddler and I’d run up to him with piles of books. And demand that he read them, over and over and over …. And of course there were the many reading anecdotes from childhood and …
Today, baby went the whole day diaper free with all pees landing in the potty. That is, not one spill to clean up. Even during nap. What a wonderful oasis of hope in the midst of my potty learning stress! Yesterday didn’t go so well. She peed on the potty a couple times in the …
Recently got news about the pregnancy of two friends. I’m thrilled for them, and also wondering when – if at all – I’ll be invited to talk all things pregnancy, birth and post-birth with them. Compared to my earlier evangelism, I recognize more clearly now that my way isn’t always right, that I have gaps …
Today was a typical evening of late. Left work around 5:15, later than I wanted, after rushing through a few final emails and printing off some documents to review tonight for a presentation tomorrow. Forget the documents on the printer. Read my latest book while walking to the car (The Know-it-all by A.J. Jacobs). Have …
Wow. I just wrote a post on regret that I really liked. It expressed what I am feeling right now, what I’m learning, and how I’m moving forward. And then, guess what? I lost it. Want to know what I regret right now?
Oh, heaven bless autosave. Here is the other post. ************************** Lately I am besieged with regrets. I know: how pointless! But what can you do? I’m familiar with the truism that we tend to regret that which we haven’t done, not that which we have. I’ve been reflecting on the things I currently regret. A …