I have a daughter who always wants to pick the best of an available selection of items for herself. If there is a plate of 12 cookies, she will study the plate to determine which cookie is a) the biggest, b) has the most chocolate chips (if chocolate chips are in the equation), and c)Continue reading “The Best Cookie.”
Tag Archives: Values
Leaning out in a post-COVID world
A few years ago, Sheryl Sandberg encouraged women to stay the course – to not abandon their corporate careers. To lean in to their professional identity. I’ve been thinking about this rallying cry, as it pertains to my own happiness and achievement, lately. If we all collectively lean in to success and ambitions will weContinue reading “Leaning out in a post-COVID world”
Acculturated Minnesotan
Thinking about travel makes me think about the things I have learned from the various places we have lived and visited over the years. From France, I learned mindfulness and pursuit of pleasure in daily tasks. From England, a sense of tradition and history. From Northern Minnesota, the peace of waiting for the call ofContinue reading “Acculturated Minnesotan”
Life’s value
As I age I have become quite afraid of flying. It isn’t a fear of death, which has become less and less terrifying as a concept as I grow up, but rather a fear of what I might do as the plane was crashing. Would I be the one shoving children out of myContinue reading “Life’s value”
Running for Disney 