Even though I was dead tired and feeling less than social, I had the chance to get out of my house tonight ( Read more... )

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Saturday was a blur of activity - soccer games, gymnastics, tennis meets ( Read more... )

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I've had a lot on my mind lately: personal stuff, household stuff, kid stuff.  It's a heavy burden to feel responsible for the well beings of so many people and things.  The way my head works, it's far too easy for me to get caught up in the moments and feel immediately overwhelmed.  I have a tendency to feel like I have to solve the problems of ( Read more... )

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I'm submitting this post (written in July of 2009) to Momastery's "Messy, Beautiful Warriors" Project.  For more information (and how you can participate too, click on the link at the bottom of this post).


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If you wake up on a Saturday morning at 5:30 a.m. to take one kid to catch a bus to a tennis tournament and it's 30 degrees out and you have two more drop-offs left to do before 9:00, take a brief moment at home to light this candle.  Five minutes later you can close your eyes and pretend that you are on a sandy beach, covered in tanning oil, ( Read more... )

This week went by quickly.  I thought it would be a bit more of a slog seeing how it was the first week back after a vacation, but somehow I survived.
The spring sports season has started, we celebrated a couple of birthdays, I have a party to plan, and the days are busier than ever.

1) The Wisdom of Woody

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This is either brilliant or I've already ( Read more... )