Happy 4th

Late. At the fire pit. Tough day. No real holiday energy. What do you do in that case? Easy. Find friends.

I came home from a hot and not so comfortable day on the beach. I made coffee to try to reenergize, but to no avail. Friends arrived. Made dinner and drinks and guess . . . → Read More: Happy 4th

Make A World

This morning someone was on Rachel Ray giving relationship advice. I don’t know who because I was vacuuming and emptying the garbage while he was talking. It was one little simple thing that he said that made me stop shaking out the garbage bag and pay attention. He said:

“Don’t go out and look for . . . → Read More: Make A World

Shoveling Shells

This weekend my husband and I had a great time building a new fire pit in the backyard. This involved shoveling shells. Now, you may not think of shells as something to shovel. You think of bark mulch, dirt, and mostly snow when you think of shoveling something, but in our case, this weekend, we . . . → Read More: Shoveling Shells

Happiness Is

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

Okay. That one seemed relatively simple until I took a second look. Yesterday I talked about chronic situations that keep creeping back and stealing your peace. Let’s look at one in relation to this quote. . . . → Read More: Happiness Is

Asked To Deal

Just about three years ago, when my mom died, I was asked to deal. You know – called to the carpet to face a huge thing cracking your life apart. Only I didn’t. I didn’t deal with it. I hid the hugeness of it from myself. I went through the motions and did what needed . . . → Read More: Asked To Deal

Good

I love that Allstate insurance commercial where the little girl says, “The oceans are full of sharks, but we all still swim, lots of people get struck by lightening, but we still play in the rain. A lot of bad things happen, but we all still do…good.”

We could keep adding to the list. Many . . . → Read More: Good

Haha! I’m Younger!

Haha! I’m younger is the second thing I said to my dear friend, Donna, this morning after wishing her a happy 60th birthday. She said I wasn’t far behind her – and I’m not – I turn sixty in August. But that does make me younger, doesn’t it?

My friend is my hero. We . . . → Read More: Haha! I’m Younger!