If you’ve been visiting here for a while, you are probably familiar with this powerful question: What do I do that shows you I love you? The answers are more numerous than the shoes in your closet, the pounds you’ve lost and gained, and the hours you’ve spent waiting. There are the especially […]
Saturday Sips: 10 Essential Kitchen Tools
February 1, 2014 By 8 Comments
What do 10 essential kitchen tools have to do with insights for uncommon joy in the everyday? Simply this: With the right equipment, quality ingredients, and simple, tasty recipes, working in the kitchen can truly be a delight. I speak from experience. Been there, done that, and am a convert who enjoys […]
Forgetting to be grateful: unmet expectations and Not-Skis
December 25, 2013 By 7 Comments
Merry, merry, Christmas, everyone! So that I may spend more time with my family I am sharing a post from last year, written by my daughter Alexis. As I wrote last year, she is cute, witty, and a terrific writer. Plus, she and her hubby are parents now, so perhaps this is a timely story […]
Quick and easy Christmas breakfasts and tasty treats
December 20, 2013 By 13 Comments
Why am I sharing quick and easy Christmas breakfasts and tasty treat ideas on a blog dedicated to finding happiness right where you are, that helps you build stronger and more satisfying relationships? I’m talking about simple and yummy food that you gives you more time to enjoy family and friends. Prepared with lots […]
Spending less at Christmas yields more joy
December 9, 2013 By 8 Comments
What do you really want to experience this year for Christmas? Less stress? More joy? If that is true for you, here is one way to get there: giving fewer gifts. I’m referring to reducing the number and scale of presents, which is not to be confused with your charitable giving. This can be […]
5 Steps to reduce stress this Christmas season
November 30, 2013 By
Let’s do a quick test. In the next few, short weeks: Several people will surprise you with gifts, and you have none for them. You discover you have double-booked yourself—more than once—for holiday events. You will learn on Christmas morning you will be hosting ten additional guests for dinner that night. If these thoughts make […]
Making room for white space
November 25, 2013 By 10 Comments
Do you make room for white space in your life? This graphic design term is a great metaphor for how we choose to live. To quote graphic designer/publisher Fred Showker of DT&G: White space is important because it refines a design and gives the other elements, image and type, room to exist. Did […]
The inevitable transition of seasons
August 28, 2013 By 11 Comments
Seeing your little one off on the first day of school. Waving goodbye as your baby heads to college. Giving your daughter away at her wedding. Seasons. Our lives are full of seasons and the small and large In-Between times. I wrote previously about stubbornly refusing to let go of summer, as though […]
Dear weary Mom, hang in there!
August 19, 2013 By 25 Comments
I don’t know about you, but I am a weary mom today. Usually when I hear that term I think of bleary-eyed young women adjusting to their new role as a parent. But moms at any stage can feel tuckered out, worn down, full of worry and just plain overwhelmed. Moms of […]
Stop and smell the roses and sweet baby’s breath
August 12, 2013 By 10 Comments
Have you gone from stretching out in the hammock to being stretched tighter than a rubber band? Transitioning from one season to another can have that effect, whether you are moving cross country, becoming a parent, or getting the kids ready for another school year. We want to hang on to that bright and […]
