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
Creating community through CRAPPY dinners.
When I first discovered Friday Night Meatballs I was heading back to Oakland from Austin. I was in-flight, clicking around on spotty wifi, when I stumbled upon Sarah Grey's article. My first reaction was: This is brilliant! I am SO doing this when we move back to Texas! It was August '14. I knew we were returning to the ATX. I wasn't (yet) allowed to widely share. As a result, ... Continue Reading
My four types of friends.
My funky friend fun shoes! The musings below came to me attending at conference for women. The event focus was on social media but, ever the misfit, attending prompted me to step back my greater social experience. To consider my introvert status against the backdrop of meeting so many new people at once. To realize I'm dependent on different varieties of friends for different ... Continue Reading
4 questions I ask my daughter each day.
summer walks = best time for talks. I'm not one to assume people by nature are duplicitous. I'm am, however, consistently surprised how transparent people are when offered opportunity to reveal themselves. When one is silent and listens kids will people will share everything. Everything which, at times, includes "turning themselves in." Allow me to back up and bring you into my misfit ... Continue Reading
Who is your safe person?
What feels like a lifetime ago, Austin was the land of unflagging sun. During our first stint living here I rarely checked the weather forecast as it was always the same. Sunny. Sunny. Hot. Hot. (To that end I donated my rain boots when we left the Bay Area. I'm a moron that way.) It seems I've either become Rain-Elsa (a thought which intrigues me) or the climate of the ATX has shifted ... Continue Reading
What if it all went away?
Gratitude is a tremendous part of our duo's day-to-day living. A constant focus. It's not so much the Child has gone through an ungrateful stage (yet?)----I just believe in focusing before the potential fall. On prophylactic gratitude if you will. We have a lot for which to be grateful. A lot. An embarrassment of riches with regards to opportunities and experiences. Because of ... Continue Reading
Today is about changing perspective.
Sure, if you reside in the USA it's also Memorial Day, but I'm seizing today to shift some thoughts which no longer serve me. I'm taking today (to pause and remember those who have died in service of our country and) to make time for something I'd professed to be too busy for and which I need to make a priority. Today is about changing perspective literally in hopes it changes my perspective ... Continue Reading
Lets get HORIZONTAL!
When we chatted about connection, and I shared how one motion helped me reframe my days, I was surprised many people both "got it" and needed it. It's not I surmise I'm a special snowflake (as our little friend used to call me) it's as we bumble through life & see what others choose to share it's easy to think I'm the only one who ___. Whatever your ___ might be. You commented. You ... Continue Reading
Blogging is dead. Long live the blog!
Last week I had a secret meeting jetted off for a short trip. The plan was to: go, meetmeetmeet, sleep, return. What's not included above? Hint: it rhymes with SLOGGING. A touch of social media exhaustion coupled with choosing to live & not blog about life resulted in my decision to leave the laptop home. The trip was fantastic. The trip was pretty damn enlightening. The trip ... Continue Reading
Tomorrow is the official day.
Once upon a time the fabtastic Julie surprised Roni & me with a picture. We were about to record a podcast and giving the hashtag a final skim on social media when we discovered the image. Neither of us could believe it. Julie captured us so perfectly and it was such a lovely surprise it infused at least this half of our duo with fresh excitement. Excitement about recording the ... Continue Reading
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