“Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. …
I’m putting together a goal list for 2016: 50 things before I turn 50. I only get one 50th year on the planet, I might as well fill it with small things that make me happy. I’m the sort of person who finds that making lists and checking things off really helps me stay …
I could fake it, but I still want more… The Word of the Year tradition is one that I haven’t really done before – I’ve always appreciated the idea, and thought about it, but I had my own ways of ushering in changes… but you know what? New year, new directions, and new traditions …
Today is my 49th birthday. I don’t feel like I should be having birthday #49. I feel much younger; the years don’t feel like they’re piled that high. I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful for the changes and the knowledge and the trials and the love and the pain and the laughter. All those …
I’m pouring from the heart tonight. Yes, I know… I always write from the heart, from my personal stories. But this one is really close to home, and it’s a thing that has really been bothering me. I think that one of the saddest things that can happen in life and love is when you …
It’s easy to let fear rule. Not comfortable, by any means, but it’s infinitely easier to let that sharp, stabbing feeling dig in than to fight it off, to reassure ourselves that this is normal and it’ll pass and it’s worth pushing through the dread to the other side… that even a feeling of …