Earlier this week I noticed this on my refrigerator: I found it amusing and wondered if possibly my ex-husband had died and come back to haunt me. He used to have a Zippo lighter with this exact engraving on it. It was his basic life philosophy. Now, I’m not exactly a glass half-full kind of [...]
Categories: Failure, Fear, Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Uncategorized
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Tags: Happiness, Happiness Project
When I first put out my call for submissions on how to give daily proofs of love to my daughter, I envisioned that I was going to get all these secrets and tips from other moms, things I was completely unaware of and suddenly I would be imbued with a deeper knowledge of how to [...]
Categories: Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Motherhood, Parenting
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My final submission of love comes from one of my favorite bloggers. Aside from the fact that I was all excited that Alex, who blogs at Late Enough, actually submitted something to my lowly little blogger self, I was inspired by her post and I thought about rushing out to Target to buy a mailbox [...]
Categories: Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Motherhood, Parenting
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My friend Liz sent me this post and I love it. She is one of my regular readers. She is also the person I consider my first real “fan.” (As in, someone who doesn’t know me, likes my blog.) Sometime last year I got a Facebook friend request from her saying something like, ‘I’ve never [...]
Categories: Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Motherhood, Parenting, Uncategorized
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February, the month of love, is almost over and I have a few more submissions to share with you all. Tonight I am sharing a story from a mama who chose to look past my request and write from the heart. She talks about the importance of giving to yourself — another way to show [...]
Categories: Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Motherhood, Parenting
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Tonight even though my brain and heart are heavy with all the political crap going around this nation that is pure and simple an assault on women and children, (A bill plotting the demise of Planned Parenthood, (yes, it passed the House); cuts in education funding for political reasons; a racist billboard campaign, (yep, we’ve [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Motherhood, Parenting
| Tags: Happiness Project, Multi-racial, Racism, Submission of Love
During February, the month of love, I am focusing on showing my love to my daughter. For inspiration, I have asked mamas to submit essays on how they show their children love. This is one is written by Alicia Noack, a stay at home mom in Austin, Tx. The inspiration for her essay comes from [...]
Categories: Goals, Happiness Project, Motherhood, Parenting, Uncategorized
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For years I’ve lived by the saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Okay, maybe it wasn’t my personal mantra or anything, but it’s one of those societal axioms that nobody ever questions. You hear it slipped into conversation enough that you eventually start to feel the need to defend your love of a neatly made [...]
Categories: Goals, Happiness Project, Intentions, Life, Uncategorized
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