You are fabulous. I know we’ve just met but trust me—I know something about you.
You’re a woman who has lived, loved, nurtured, and taken care of everyone and everything around you—kids, husband, home, parents, pets, friends, garden, community. You’ve spent decades Read More
Doesn’t it drive you crazy when your forced to traipse through cosmetics just to get into the store?? All you want is socks or detergent, but you’re immediately confronted by sales clerks threatening to spritz you with Read More
They came back home in the spring with the ducks and the geese. You adjusted your life back from “me” to “mom”. Now your kids are off again, or for the first time, to university and it’s time for Stella to get her groove back. You know Read More
So, you’ve finally made the shift from Mom to me. Adjusting to not being a full time parent is hard. You feel a little demoted. You are no longer the center of his universe. You’re still Mom, but in title only, almost. Still, you understand, or at least, are trying to. And then, he returns. Whether he’s home for the holidays, or until he finds has own place, whatever Read More
Wild blue yonder - Rhubarb, etc.
[…] have to be about reinventing yourself, if you don’t want it to be. This could be just about dusting…
Do you have a dream sitting on a shelf in your closet waiting for ‘one day’? Did you always want to paint? Play the piano? Learn French? Become a stand-up comic? (Remember the movie Punchline?)
It may well have been the right decision years ago to shelve that dream. You had the kids, husband and mortgage to think about. It was too risky, once you started your family. But, what’s stopping you Read More
We’ve talked about the pleasures and need for alone time in the past. And I remain a firm believer that spending time alone is a wonderful gift. But is it vaguely possible, as with all good things, that there could, on a rare occasion, be Read More
LOL! It is perfectly brilliant, isn't it. Thanks, Maria!
You have the itinerary. Everything is booked. Fun in the sun is just a few weeks away. You post pictures of your island retreat on the fridge where you will see them every day and be reminded that soon, very soon you will be in paradise. And that just prior to heading off to that paradise you will have to face the nightmare of shopping for a bathing suit. Very soon you will have to face the florescent lighting, the three way mirror and all that white, Read More
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