Today was an odd kind of Christmas day. I had to drive my daughter back to Boston for work tomorrow, after which I proceeded to the cape, followed by my husband, where we will spend the rest of the holiday week. After I dropped her off and headed south on 95 towards Cape Cod, my . . . → Read More: Christmas Trip
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Tonight is our family celebration at my sister’s house. We are together here in NY and I hope your Xmas eve evening is as special as mine. The room looks gorgeous. The family is gathered and laughing together before dinner. After dinner we open gifts. After the gifts we indulge in egg nog. After . . . → Read More: Silent Night, Holy Night This morning I found the best solution for describing and dealing with the chatter we let go on in our minds, that eventually takes over how we act, which in turn determines how we feel. In Bikram yoga we often talk about shutting down the chatter in our mind that tries to incite panic and . . . → Read More: Quiet The Chatter Today I was going to write a serious post about having adult children in today’s times. I read a magazine article this morning that had some interesting points, so I threw it in my bag on my way out the door to go to NY with my daughter for the holidays, figuring I’ll write the . . . → Read More: Serious…..Not! Last night I was watching the X Factor finals. I've been pulling for Carly since I saw her audition back in September. Last night she sang a Xmas song and after that there was a tribute from her classmates, piano teacher, and family. They all couldn't believe they were seeing her on TV. They were . . . → Read More: Not On TV….But…. This morning was a hard morning in front of the TV. If there was ever a morning since I’ve been retired that I wanted to dress up and go to work, it’s today. I want to be there with my colleagues for the early morning meeting taking place in every school today before the students . . . → Read More: Helpless Today my husband left to go back to NY early due to impending bad weather. I had a long list of things to keep me busy until we would watch the Pats game together tonight by texting. I went to the store. Did the usual cleaning and laundry, and then just didn’t want to do . . . → Read More: Only So Much Time Today is unimaginable, and yet, for me, totally imaginable. I was a kindergarten teacher. My classroom was the very first one inside the lobby door. Many times our lockdown drills made me aware that my room was the first place a gunman would go. Each time I covered the windows, locked the door, closed the . . . → Read More: Unimaginable…Or Not I just read a great column in today's Cape Cod Times entitled "No More Christmas Whittling" by Saralee Perel, author of "Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From A Life Out of Balance. "A life out of balance". Now isn't that a mind full. How many things happen to all of us that knock our . . . → Read More: Whittling Today I had to spend the day in Boston to attend an appointment with my daughter. Instead of doing my usual commuter rail jaunt, I elected to use the subway. Not such a good idea on workday. When I arrived at the T parking garage, it was full. There was nothing else to do but . . . → Read More: More Evidence |
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