I started a tradition around about the dancer’s 3rd birthday of making a rainbow cake for each of my girls’ birthdays. Some years it has been six layers high, a marathon of baking. Other years two layers, three colors each layer, which is more of a 10K to keep the metaphor going. When Harvey struckContinue reading “Rainbow cakes”
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Serenity Now!!!
When I was younger, I loved the first day of school. I loved picking out school supplies; choosing the perfect first day of school outfit at the mall; and the smell of new backpacks and those highlighter markers that smell like blueberries. I couldn’t wait to see my friends after a long summer (even theContinue reading “Serenity Now!!!”
Meeting people where they are
We have two children. Both girls, turning 10 and 12. To protect their privacy, I’ll call them number 71 (for my younger one, the soccer player) and the dancer (my big girl, starting seventh grade, with all of the drama and glory that goes along with it). They have been a lesson in reality acceptanceContinue reading “Meeting people where they are”
One-mindfulness
It’s 100 degrees and here I sit, next to the city landfill, watching the turkey buzzards circle in the blinding blue sky. The things we do for our children. Seven hours outside (with a short break for lunch at a TGI Fridays) spent watching my daughter’s team lose multiple soccer games – some in spectacularContinue reading “One-mindfulness”
Running for Disney 