Grandparenting

Speaking of the “ripple effects” of grandparenting and parenting (yesterday), Dave’s dad (who’s birthday it is today…happy birthday Papa!!) has given he and his siblings the gift of beautiful skiing. Now, I’m not talking about the get-down-the-mountain type of skiing. No. They way Dave’s family skis is almost like a…

I’m still going strong on my meditation practice {almost} every morning. And I’m so working on being present enough to let meditation and being present change me (love this podcast about that). But I digress. The reason I bring meditation up is that one of my favorite five-minute gratitude meditations…

I know I’ve probably mentioned this ten billion times before, but one of Dave and my favorite quotes is “You’ll find what you’re looking for.” Whether bad or good, you can find it. In anyone. In anything. This comes up on a continual basis. With parenting, with each other, with…

I cannot believe I sent off my two last at-home children for school bright and early this morning, Lu all confident with her schedule memorized having walked the school a few times in preparation, and Claire driving with friends and a giant smile on her face after claiming this is…