There’s joy in closed doors

There’s joy in closed doors

I make my way down the stairs, and I smile. In fact, each time I head up or down the stairs I smile. Out of the corner of my eye I can see my daughter’s bedroom door, and it’s closed. It was closed a lot during her last year of high school, at least when she was here....
Ouch

Ouch

I know I’ve said it before. I’ve said it over and over again in fact. I’ve said it to friends. To my family. To strangers I’m sure. I’ve even said it here. More than once. But this time I really mean it. I’ve made my vow to walk away from perfectionism. Again. To not...
You can’t go home again

You can’t go home again

It was last year sometime. I don’t remember exactly when. We were walking up to the front door (so it must have been before we did a small renovation and had a side door), and I turned to my daughter to try and explain the concept further. “I know maybe you can’t...
You like me! You really like me!

You like me! You really like me!

Apparently that’s not exactly what actress Sally Fields said when she won her second Oscar. Apparently she said, “You like me. Right now you like me.” But she’s quoted as saying “You like me. You really like me!” all the time. I think it’s funnier and have been using...
Hope and curiosity

Hope and curiosity

I was stuck – stuck bad – and I was desperate for help. Things weren’t going the way I wanted them to and I was at a loss for what to do. So I made an appointment with an “expert,” someone who supposedly had insights I didn’t have, and solutions I couldn’t come...