We're a family who strives to live the notion of service being the rent we pay for living. More than caring about what our Tornado of a girl chooses as a career-path, whether she marries etc we are focused on seeing she's grateful, giving and realizes "there but for the grace of G-d go I" with regards to her fellow humans. Two years ago, after watching bloggy friends perform good deeds in ... Continue Reading
Im a Creative Giant.
(CLICK ME! CLICK ME!) Lately I've thought a lot about not allowing fear to hold me back. About disempowering the emotion and NOT letting it place my excitement on P-A-U-S-E. And then Charlie Gilkey invited me to be a guest on his Creative Giants podcast. I was honored. I was excited. I was paralyzed by the fact Seth Godin & Chris Brogan had been podcast guests, too. I ... Continue Reading
Compliment Clubs.
You rock that bandana! A friend sent me an article about a group of women who've created a Compliment Club. Ala the movie Fight Club (book by the awesomely quirky Chuck Palahniuk) the women created rules for a group whose sole purpose was showering others with compliments. The article goes into detail yet over-archingly the message is this: When you show up authentic you create space for ... Continue Reading
A BRAZEN flashback
What already feels like a lifetime ago I journeyed to NAPA for the Zooma Race series. I came. I swam. I saw. I posed. I presented. I walked. And while it all was amazing (I loved loved loved walking the 10k!!) my fave facet was the opportunity to get B.R.A.Z.E.N. in front of a group of runner-woman. I LOVED ME SOME S.M.A.R.T. GOALS. Back in the day. Back in the 1980's when they ... Continue Reading
Everything I never knew I always wanted.
Oakland is one of these things. I'm a movie person. I should probably say was--motherhood got a hold of me and changed me from a 2 movies a weekend-woman to 2 non-child movies a year mom--but during my intermission I decided to change that. One of my realizations last week was I need to reintegrate lost pieces of my self-definition and shed those which aren't working for me. But I ... Continue Reading
Im your second best friend.
A few months ago, I had what felt like a momentous conversation with a friend. We were messaging fast & furious on the Book of the Face (something I try never to do as I envision a Zuckerberg-glitch spontaneously making secret tidbits public) following a long discussion-thread on my personal wall. I'd started the thread in an effort to find a yoga retreat and, as a result of poor ... Continue Reading
My Safe Du (guest post).
Please welcome my friend Pam. She shared privately her husband is her safe person and I've invited her to share here as well. Almost 45 years ago I made the best decision of my life by marrying Du, the man who is my love, my best friend, my protector, my "safe person." We have been through much through the years, tragedies, (deaths of three of our parents), joy (birth of 3 sons, and 4 ... Continue Reading
Girls wearing bikinis.
competing. one of FEW bikini-clad moments. It was the summer after senior year of high school and the start of those months where I lived at home under parent-rules, yet knew I'd soon be gone and creating my own. I can't remember why I involved my mom in the bathing suit shopping (typical teen wanting to wrangle her into paying? honestly looking for an opinion?), but decades after that ... Continue Reading
Fitbloggin’ bound.
YES! we can go to Build a Bear. YES! we can try on big girl prom dresses. YES! we can have Gilmore & mama-shake for dinner. YES! you may come to Fitbloggin' ... Continue Reading
12 hours of YES!
YES! It's a donut eaten with a spoon. About two years ago I came up with the idea of gifting my Child 12 hours of YES! (If by "came up with" you mean I'm sure other parents do this which I do. The older I get the more I realize there's nothing new under the sun.) Our initial YES! Day was born out of the realization I'd been on a NO-rampage. Some NO's! stemmed from a desire to keep her ... Continue Reading
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