Charting Your Course: Preparing The Way You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… ― Dr. Seuss, from Oh, The Places You’ll Go! … Continue reading
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Making Great Choices – With Confidence
Finding Your Starting Point: Identifying What is Meaningful to You There is something about this photo that I like. Even though it’s a solitary scene, it seems to call out to me, like a personal invitation. The little red boat sits at the end of a railed, clear path next to the landing, waiting to … Continue reading
Be Glad of Life!
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.” – Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) These words from Henry Van Dyke are a positive reminder to me that life is filled with opportunities. In every moment that we experience life … Continue reading
To Thayer, Joey, and Baby, With Love
Our family has good news to share and a happy event to anticipate: my husband’s second eldest daughter, Thayer, and her husband Joey, will soon be welcoming their first-born child into the world! Although his April due date is fast approaching, this little boy (what will his name be, I wonder??) has been inspiring his … Continue reading
“Do you know you are my favorite?”
When my daughter and a few of the “older” cousins in our family were very young, I liked to tell each one, “You are my favorite.” For example, to my daughter I would say, “Do you know that you are my favorite daughter?” She would moan, “But Mom, I’m your only daughter!” Well that didn’t … Continue reading
Gratitude and Happiness in a Tea Bag
Gratitude and happiness are expressed in many ways. To me, they were revealed in a tea bag: a small, thoughtful gift to say, “thank you”. I work with second graders in a public elementary school. While I am a certified elementary education teacher, I am currently employed as a special education paraprofessional (assistant) and I … Continue reading
Receiving Warm Fuzzies: Kind Words from the Second Grade
Last month, (as I shared with you previously) I had the pleasure to participate in a very thoughtful elementary school activity (See Warm Fuzzies: The Power of Kind Words). If you’ll recall, during the month of February our students were asked to share warm fuzzies, kind and caring written messages, with their classmates and their … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss, and Thank You!
Friday, March 2nd, marks the anniversary of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to children as Dr. Seuss, created colorful books with imaginative characters and fun rhyming words to excite and encourage young children to read. To honor Dr. Seuss’ memory, each year on March 2nd American children celebrate Read Across America Day. … Continue reading
Warm Fuzzies: The Power of Kind Words
When I hear the term “warm fuzzy”, I instantly think “soft”, “nurturing”, and “comforting”. It’s that freshly washed blanket, straight from the dryer that you wrap yourself up in. Its gentle embrace is the feeling of security and assurance and care. And it can be found in the simple gift of a kind word. During … Continue reading
Happy At Home
“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends.” — Samuel Johnson I can’t tell you how true these words ring for me. As an introvert who would be happier working alone on a quiet project at home, I need to push myself … Continue reading
Simple Pleasures 