Here are three songs to reflect the process of slowing down for the summer. Here's to living in the moment and enjoying Summer 2011. Read more →

What's on your Love List this week? Leave a comment below or send me a tweet. Read more →

My Three Things—the activities I love—stand like road signs, helping me make sure I continue down my true path. When I have a new opportunity or am asked to volunteer my time or skills, I can check my personal road signs. When I am choosing how to spend my time, I try to consider my Three Things. When I feel like I’m in a funk, I look at my Three Things to help me find a way out. And when I feel reluctant to walk down a new path, I check my Three Things to see whether that particular path is on my true map. Read more →

This week, words have resisted fitting together well on my page. Today I want to shift focus and try something different. This cross-section of my thoughts offer a slice of what's happening in my world. What ELSE? What have you been exploring or learning? What do you have to share, (etc.)? Leave a comment or send me a tweet! Read more →

Yesterday when she didn't get what she wanted, my 8-year-old exploded in frustration. In my mom role, I easily recognized my daughter's anger as a reflection of her own emotions and that her outburst was nothing against me personally. But when an adult lashes out or throws an off-hand comment,... Read more →