I’ve been pondering the star system for rating books that is popular with sites like Amazon and Goodreads. I often have an initial response to a book, but over time – I find my rating changes. For example, I read a knock-your-socks-off book and realize that it is better than …
I’m a big, huge super-duper fan of goals. I love, love, love goals. Goals are the GPS of my life. Without them I wouldn’t end up where I wanted to go, or it may take me a lot longer to get there. I’ve enjoyed successes, but I’ve also leaned to …
We started a Christmas family tradition when the kids were bitty babies. One day between Thanksgiving and Christmas we would tuck them snugly in bed and sneak out to the kitchen to pop popcorn and make hot chocolate. With anticipation we would come into their rooms and swoop them up …
Christmas was always a hard season for me. But, when my children were born, I decided to “fake it until you make it.” Throwing myself into the decorations and gifts helped, but each year a darkness would creep up unexpectedly and I would struggle not to succumb to it and crawl …
Peaking out the upstairs window that misty morning The vice around my heart tightened as I watched him walk away His gait like yesterday and the yesterday before But looks can be oh-so deceiving I snap a picture of him with my eye Wondering if it was to be the last …
