The day before the first big holiday of the 2012 holiday season found me up at 5 am, leaving the house early to pick up my daughter in Boston and drive to NY. I picked her up at 9:30 am and was out of the city and headed west on the Mass Pike by 9:40. . . . → Read More: The Day Before The Day
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Thanksgiving 2012 finds me much quieter inside than I have ever been in my life. I have finally finnessed the art of letting go – of both big and little things. A huge one these past few years is that I no longer participate in my adult children's lives. I'm here when they need me, . . . → Read More: More Letting Go – Thankfully!  Leave a comment  Family, Food and Drink, Life in General, personal development, self-improvement, Spirituality, Thanksgiving, Weblogs, writing  children leaving home, children not coming home for Thanksgiving, Jennifer Boykin, Life After Tampons, respecting adult children, Thanksgiving, the art of letting go, traveling for Thanksgiving Watching the AMA's on Sunday night, I was so impressed by Pink's performance of the song Try off of her new album, that I had to download the song immediately. I posted that on Facebook and got an immediate response from my daughter – "Dear God.." . This…coming from a Nicki Minaj fan. Need I . . . → Read More: Try One comment Current Affairs, Family, Life in General, Music, personal development, self-improvement, Spirituality, Television, Weblogs, writing AMA's, American Music Awards, Nicki Minaj American Music Awards, Parenting, pink, Pink American Music Awards, Raising a teenager, try, Try by Pink, what do we learn from our children Follow your passion, follow your passion, follow your passion. Repeat. Follow your passion. That mantra has been the cornerstone of career advice for the last twenty years. In fact, I myself gave out that very same advice to my daughter, who is now a graphic designer in Boston. When she was in tenth grade in . . . → Read More: DON’T Follow Your Passion – What? Leave a comment art, careers, Current Affairs, Family, Life in General, personal development, self-improvement, Spirituality, Weblogs, writing Cal Newport, following your passion, graphic designer, how do I become a writer, how do I find a career I love, how do I follow my passion, making a career change, retired-now what?, World Domination Summit Yesterday I read a blog about being gentle with yourself. At the end, it asked, “How are you gentle with yourself?” The first thing that came to mind was Artist’s Dates. I haven’t had an artist date with myself in a very long time. I suddenly realized this when my daughter asked me about gift . . . → Read More: Boots Today I'm not talking about the sandbox that my Bikram yoga and Koko fit club play around in – namely, my body. These two nemesis, with the exception of Tuesday, have played rather nicely all week and I'm hoping this is the beginning of a peaceful coexistence. Unlike the holiday dinners so rapidly approaching. . . . → Read More: All’s Good In The Sandbox Leave a comment Bikram yoga, Family, Food and Drink, Life in General, Spirituality, Weblogs, writing bikram yoga, Cleavers, cooking for thanksgiving, difficult holidays, families and holidays, holidays, Jennifer Boykin, koko fit club, Life After Tampons, life in the sandbox, not so perfect families, Thanksgiving Today in Bible study our dear Helen was giving us our “mission moment”. Each week she reports what’s going on with different missionary families serving around the world. Today she was talking about Operation Christmas Child. The Grace church, where we meet each week for our study, always participates. This is a program where a . . . → Read More: I Can Only Imagine On Sunday I posted a quote that stopped me in my tracks, but even after a couple days of pondering, I was rendered speechless and decided to let it stand on its own. Well, perhaps I didn’t ponder long enough. The quote manifested in my morning Bikram yoga class today, and now I have words. . . . → Read More: And Now I Have Words Today I did only three things. I went to Koko fit club in the morning, washed windows all afternoon, and went to 6 pm yoga. It was a good day in the sandbox. First of all I cannot tell you how much I love the Koko Fit Club. To work out in such a quiet, . . . → Read More: Bikram & Koko Made Nice Today! Two days ago I came across this on a yoga site. It struck me speechless. I waited a few days so I could share it, along with my thoughts. I have no thoughts. I have no words to add…. And so, as another day goes by, I’ll let the quote stand on its own, and….I . . . → Read More: No Words (this is a rare occurrence) |
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