My One Little Word for 2015 was Embrace. I needed really long arms to embrace all that came at me this past year. It’s been a year of huge life changes, much joy and some sadness. My husband retired, we sold our home in one city and moved to a new home in a new city where two of our three children and their spouses live. Embracing this move was easy. We love being near our kids, it’s a lively, artsy, diverse city, and our new home is perfect for us. The flip side, of course, was leaving behind wonderful Read More
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Embracing the Unknown – Making Goals Outside of My Comfort Zone
My son Matt gave me a T shirt that said, “People say I have ADD, but they don’t understand…Oh, look a chicken!” This led to several chicken-motif gifts from my daughter Kate and son-in-law Todd (I think mostly from Todd). But, actually, the T shirt is correct. I discovered later in life that I am totally ADD. Like right now, for example, I’m thinking of other blog topics I could right… So what is my blog topic now that I’ve written a full paragraph and haven’t mentioned it yet? Okay, yes, it’s in the title. My “One Little Word” for Read More
Embracing the “One Little Word” Challenge
My friend Lisa challenged me and our friend Tina to consider the “One Little Word” challenge. This idea is the brainchild of Ali Edwards who in 2006 began to chose one word each January that One of Ali’s One Little Word Projects would be her focus for that year. While I am not taking part in her workshop because I am in the midst of revision for my next novel, I accepted my friend Lisa’s challenge to think of a word that could be my focus for 2015. Embracing my beautiful daughter, Kate While I was watching Ali’s video about Read More