Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there! No matter where you are in the stages of Motherhood – whether you’ve had children already, lost a child, or have one on the way – today is your day to feel honored and appreciated. I hope you all have someone in your life to celebrate…
You know me – there’s nothing like a good excuse for a quote round-up! Join me (slightly belatedly) for the 4th Wednesday of the month over at JOYful Home and Life, where I’ve got a great collection of quotes on family ready to share with you all. I hope you enjoy! Joyful Home and Life:…
Happy Valentines Day, everyone! Captain America and I have some appointments and errands to run this morning, but tonight we’re dressing up and going out to a fun dinner at a local bed and breakfast – they’re running a prix fixe special just for Valentines: 5 courses and wine for $54! A little expensive but…
I haven’t done a “Things Unsaid” entry in quite a while, and I found this one today while going through drafts of old posts, looking for one to clean up and share with you all. I’m not really sure anymore, what exactly I was lamenting at the time I originally wrote it – but boy can…
By now you should probably know how much I love quotes. Which is a lot. You’ve seen my giant quote binder, where I collect them all, waiting to pull one out at just the right moment. To me, quotes are often much-needed reminders, sparks of truth, or snippets of beauty and understanding that we carry…
I am not a self-motivator. Okay, I suppose that’s not entirely true. I’m really good at motivating myself to do things I enjoy, or that I think are important, or need to be done. And I certainly wasn’t half-bad when I was doing my college classes online – you definitely can’t go to school without…
This is quite possibly one of the most beautiful, and honest things I’ve ever read/heard. From the amazing show Everwood on The WB (back before it turned into The CW), it’s only one of the many quotes that has stuck with me over the nearly seven years since it ended. Although the show began to…
There are times in life when you come across a certain person, or persons, and all you can think is, “How could you possibly be so bitter, so hateful, so mean…so totally crazy? How did you make it to adulthood without having someone, somewhere teach you that you just can’t go around treating other people…
By now, I’m sure everyone out there has heard of TED Talks – part of the semi-annual TED Conferences that focuses on bringing together some of the world’s brightest and most inspired thinkers for 20 minute talks on…well, whatever! Just so long as the topics are taken on in a knowledgeable and innovative way Anyways,…
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” ― Agatha Christie “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” ― Paulo Coelho “I have the choice of being…
The Hand-Written Life 