Here it is just a few days before my article deadline and I haven’t put a single word to paper until now. I’ve never been a procrastinator and I’m not going to start calling myself one now. Writing has always been my “go to” form of creative…
Read MoreI am single. I do not have kids or a whole lot of obligations other than work expectations, chores, and finances. A lot of times I do have ample amount of space. Even with this it seems to…
Read MoreWe were standing in the laundry room. My husband was about to head out the door for a three day business trip. I was feeding the dogs. My glasses were still on and I hadn’t gone to the bathroom yet. I wanted to be up to…
Read MoreSo, I guess you could say I’m a little bit of a control freak in that I like to do things myself. Can you relate? I’ve experienced great anxiety in hiring out jobs that I can’t do. For example, installing drainage to stop the flooding in my…
Read MoreI’ve recently been thinking about the things that I don’t know anything about. As you can imagine, it can be difficult to imagine the things that you can’t even imagine. It can be scary to consider that the things that you know are an incredibly…
Read MoreOn Friday I went to Kings Island. This is an amusement park near Cincinnati, Ohio with a lot of roller coasters that can be scary. I haven't been there for over a decade, so the last time I went I can recall…
Read MoreA good, full life doesn’t mean a perfect life. Or a life without challenges. Or a life full of ease. No, a good, full life honors the whole spectrum of circumstances and emotion. A good, full life doesn’t deny that life is hard…
Read MoreIn 1982 Benjamin Hoff published a book called, “The Tao of Pooh” in which he explains why Winnie the Pooh is the hero of The Hundred Acre Woods and the greatest Taoist in the western literary canon. In ‘92, he followed it up with a…
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