The other day, my four year old granddaughter said midway through dinner, “Mimi, I just hit the ‘soup wall.’ I think I’m ready for sugar-sweets.” Yup. It’s kinda like where all of a sudden you just can’t chew that piece of gum one second longer. Or like today for me, when I desperately need to […]

When I look at the things I want to be, sometimes it feels likes belly buttons and the behinds-of-ears. But, as much as I know that I’ve failed, there are also a few nuggets about which I feel really stinking proud.

It’s meant to be a reflective day, this final day of the year. Three hundred and sixty-five days ago we were all doing the same thing–being contemplative.Perhaps some of us spend the day reflecting on the year that is finishing, and all we’ve survived. Some years are like that, aren’t they? If you journal (or […]