Hello Peeps! Do you need clarity or a new perspective to deal with some challenges in your life this week? Sometimes our vision is fuzzy or clouded. Sometimes we simply look through the wrong lens for us or our situation! We strain to see and understand but clarity does not come. It is Wednesday Wisdom …
Happy New Year and Welcome to my updated website! My friend, Lucille, has made this new look possible. She is far more more technologically inclined than I and has been gently nudging me to finish up the writing so she can put the last minute touches on the design. And she has the patience of …
Are you getting tired? Is being kind to people a little harder than usual? It is that time of year for teachers, parents, and kids when fatigue leads to discouragement. Yet it often takes a mind shift to downshift. Sunday was a beautiful afternoon and I decided it was time to get some exercise. So …
Who comes to your mind when you think of a wise person? How would you describe that person? How is wisdom different from knowledge or expertise? How can we be wise parents? Last week I was pondering the question of wisdom here. I write about it because I really believe that we parents must seek …
One day my husband and I were with my sister’s family and on our way to an event (which eludes my memory). We were riding together and running a bit late but still needed to pick up something at a store. Tom and I waited in the car while they completed their errand. Getting back …
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What Will Our Kids Remember? This next weekend is Mother’s Day. And I don’t know if it is just me, but I have very mixed emotions about Mother’s Day. More on that in a minute. Yesterday was my mom’s birthday and Sunday was dad’s. Although they have been gone several years, this week always …
Today’s Wednesday Wisdom thoughts are a blend of recent test result of my husband, Tom’s, rare form of mucosal melanoma and of my own life lessons. I am on a self-imposed personal adventure to notice small miracles which Solomon (my alter ego aka “wise sheep”) and I call “a God thing” for short or revelations …
It is Wednesday Wisdom Day at TSJ! Our twin grandchildren had a Suzuki piano recital on Sunday. They are seven years old and watching their recitals is a reminder of how quickly they are shaped and molded. And most of it is behind-the-scenes work. Parents and piano teachers put in a lot …
The topic of finding inner spaciousness has been lingering in my mind and heart since my last blog. It has lead me to explore the difference between striving and stillness. I guess the fact that I went from a tangible experience of finding space in an overfilled storage closet to finding space in …
Why do most of us resist asking for expert help? It seems there are certain areas of life where we believe we “should” be able to figure things out by ourselves. And we feel some shame about even needing help. As a life coach myself, I have seen this with many folks. Let’s admit it. …