tough stuff

I’m sure I’ve talked before here about the “Transformer Principle.” It’s a principle my dad came up with as one of the “Grandfather’s Secrets” he shares each summer with the grandkids, and it’s attached to the one about sex. (More about that in another post if anyone is interested), but…

I learn so much from blog readers. I love thinking about where people are coming from, especially those who have such different views than I do. I have learned so much from trying to put myself in the shoes of others, trying to see things from different perspectives. There are…

A few years ago I took my girls on a grand mother/daughter drive up the coast of California. I carefully calculated each stop, and despite my girls eye-rolls about all that driving when we set off on our way, I think it’s safe to say that we all drank up…

Ok so I’ve been thinking about the question posed in the last post: What changes someone so much from thinking that there is no way they can do something to being able to do it? With flying colors? I mentioned Lucy and I had a good talk en route to…

Kind of on the same tangent as yesterday, let’s talk about something my grandma once said, “When you master the seemingly impossible, it does something for you that fits into your very character for a lifetime, and makes the next impossible thing seem that much easier.” I think about that…

Still working so hard on the new blog (thanks for the input on the last post!  Keep it coming if you have more!)…hoping to have it up by next Monday (that’s the goal).  Can’t wait!!  But for now let’s talk about coddling parenting… I’ve been thinking a lot about “lawn…