Who Knew An Empty Nest Could Be So Full?
“I wonder what’s around the bend…” That’s the thought I noticed while on my silent walk last weekend. I was none too pleased when Jackie Gartman announced that our morning hike would be a quiet one. It was the first full day of our coaches retreat and my extroverted, connector self was buzzing with conversations I […]
I’ll never forget the first time my son came home from college for Thanksgiving break. I watched, mouth agape as he sauntered towards the door without a word to his father or me at 11:05 pm on a Tuesday night. At 11:05! On a Tuesday Night! Without a word to any of us! And so […]
I recently watched a video that someone posted on fb about how lobsters grow. I know what you’re thinking… why do I care about lobsters and how they grow?Because it’s actually an outstanding analogy for us humans. Spoiler alert: the impetus for the growth is stress/pain. The video is one and a half minutes long […]
Remember the Charlie Brown cartoons? How an adult was always represented by a disembodied voice that sounded like WAH Wha, wha…? During summer freshman move in weekend, my soon to be a senior daughter and her boyfriend were enjoying a melt from Merv’s (one of life’s true pleasures- if you’re ever in Tallahassee be sure […]