Why do we live in a neutral zone? I recently heard the comment, “If everyone is special, then no one is special.” It’s common and customary to homogenize everyone and everything. Every Little League player gets a trophy. Every second grader gets a certificate. We’ve widened the Bell curve so everyone is underneath and there [...]
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Today is Mothers’ Day and we celebrate moms and motherhood, honoring our mothers. We give thanks to the women who gave us life, and raised us. For me, Mothers’ Day also celebrates the day I became a mother. I am compelled to give thanks for this blessing and honor. I am humbled by the [...] Many of the reasons that compelled me to start writing this blog reside in the personality traits of someone with whom I have regular contact. These traits occur and recur in many people and were the impetus to shift my own perspective. I don’t want to be contrary or negative, pessimistic or dismal. It can [...] It’s just barely May and it is dastardly hot already. It is always hot here in Gainesville in the summer but summer starts after Memorial Day, after school lets out. Summer is later. But it is in the mid 90F’s and the humidity causes, ice cream, make up and car paint to melt at equal [...] Wednesday days are awesome days. Wednesday is the day my sons come back to me. I think divorce is hard and unfortunate but it really isn’t the kids’ fault. SO often they get stuck in the middle. The very best thing that we did through our divorce was to not tug-o-war over our sons. They [...] Today, my oldest child was Confirmed. This is a serious sacrament for Catholics but has the somewhat unfortunate existence to usually occur right at the zenith of teenage ambivalence. As a catholic parent, we all think: my child is 15, time to get Confirmed. And I fretted quite a bit that my son’s commitment to [...] The making of a success lies beyond focus, persistence and tenacity. It also requires a total willingness to fail. [...] I walk into the kitchen to make my morning coffee and I am greeted by a four inch, long legged, thick bodied, swift wolf spider. That may not be their true genus and species, but I understand why they are called wolves. I quickly cover him with a heavy glass cake cover and finish prepping [...] Realisa’s recipe for homemade granola [...] Just like I go through my e-mail spam folders to make sure truly important e-mails haven’t been diverted into the bin, I sift through the spam comments folder on my blog. Occasionally there is a comment that may be genuine and from a real person who reads my blog and has commented. How can you [...] |
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