One of my best let’s-get-summer-started memories is the day I sat down with my three young children and we dumped over our coin-filled five gallon water jug. Has anyone else ever used an empty five gallon water jug to toss your extra change into? We did that in my home growing up, and it was …
This cream of broccoli soup is long in the sharing! Last spring – right before our shut down, there was a large bag of broccoli left over from our school lunch program. So I took home a bag of broccoli and made up a pot of cream of broccoli soup. I made so much I …
This past week I needed to close up my classroom, return personal belongings to students, and collect borrowed chrome books. I cannot even begin to tell you how great if felt getting up in the morning, getting dressed for leaving the house, and driving to school. Driving to work and having a purpose to leave …
Last January I set an intention for myself of building connections and fostering relationships. I believed, and still do, that our communities and our country are too divisive. What I have in my control is that I can get out of my comfort zone and build new relationships and also spend time fostering the many …
A dozen years ago I was sitting in a therapist’s office processing the emotions of a divorce that I did not want. I was talking about my anger. “I am angry about…”, “I am so mad about…”, “I am frustrated…” My therapist looked at me and simply said, “Every time you say anger or mad …
Living through a pandemic offers new challenges – worries about health, money, and relationships are just a few concerns we all face as we hunker down at home. Trying to stay healthy is a number one concern for many people. You might think that boosting your immune system is all about taking vitamin pills and …
The best way to describe life right now is life in transition. For many of us, our life is far from what we all have known to be “normal”, and we most likely are headed to a new “normal.” A new normal that no one can accurately describe, plus we cannot predict when that new …
Life has changed so much in the last month. This is now day #34 of sheltering in place. It is crazy to think that I haven’t had to fill my car with gas in over a month. I still have almost 3/4 of a tank! Clearly, I am following our county and state orders to …
Are you having a tough time getting a good night’s sleep? I know that many people are currently struggling with sleep by looking at which blog posts are gaining in popularity and the terms that are being searched for more often. Many readers are looking for ways to find better sleep. So today, I am …
Life has taken a huge turn for all of us. Looking at my blog, my last post was March 15th. I was concerned then with staying healthy, washing hands constantly, and using hand sanitizer. That seemed easy and doable. Since then, life has changed. I’ve been away from my blog because like you, I am …
