• New Year’s Eve Letters

    New Year’s Eve Letters

    After asking my kids to write themselves letters each year on New Year’s Eve, I finally decided (at…


  • Interview Notebooks for Kids

    Interview Notebooks for Kids

    Each New Year’s Eve from the time my kids were very young (i.e., 3 years old), I have…


  • Is it anger or shame?

    Is it anger or shame?

    When I was young, suffice it to say that I had developed a lot of anger, or at…


  • Inhaling

    Inhaling

    I was reading a Brene Brown book, where she talked about the concept of inhaling before exhaling. (It…


  • Trust Issues or High Standards?

    Trust Issues or High Standards?

    Trust issues. I’ve spent a lifetime describing myself as having trust issues. Trust issues. What does that really…


  • Gratitude Flashcards

    Gratitude Flashcards

    Gratitude.  It’s a word that we hear about a lot.  I have known people to get fairly cynical…


  • Leaving Cairns

    Leaving Cairns

    Cairn: A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark. Oxford Languages (Oxford University Press) Have…