A new baby is the embodiment of possibility. When each of my children was born, during those first few days of life, I spent hours looking into their little faces and wondering what they would become. They could be anything. Go anywhere. The sky’s the limit. I’m thirty-seven. People don’t look at me and wonder [...]
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Each afternoon around 3 o’clock, each one of us in the house reaches a certain undesirable point. The lessons for the day have all been taught. There’s usually been a craft project (or two or three) tackled. We have eaten breakfast, a mid-morning snack, and lunch. Our creative energies have been tapped…individually and collectively. Yet [...]
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Our daily walk through the woods became single file. The snowshoes lead the way; they break trail, leaving footsteps for everyone else to follow. Step with caution, walk with intention, be mindful of those around you. This is my first winter in New England. I find myself approaching it with a giddiness and certain childlike [...]
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Love really is, all around. – Love Actually To love. To live. To make certain my family feels this and knows this, each day of this year. What do you promise this year? See more from Everyday Storyteller –Angie Warren here.
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Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. – Anthony Robbins A new year brings new adventures. Homeschooling our youngest son is bringing us so much joy. We are taking these last few years of [...]
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“Often, I write all day long with white ink on white paper, late into the night, until it is all I can do to feel the letters curving to earth from the tip of the pen & then, I fall asleep. Dreaming of running, or maybe driving in a car the color of water & [...]
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It’s not that I don’t have tons of ideas running feral throughout my brain. They rattle and squeak and cause quite a stir, which keeps me up into the wee hours. They are definitely in there. It’s just that sometimes when I sit before a large white canvas, like a new year, I feel a [...]
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The calendar page has flipped and the desires for the new year seem clear enough…be they little things like journaling more or traveling more or learning to paint…or big things like starting your own business or losing weight or quitting some unhealthy habit. But there’s something about a blank calendar page and a heart full [...]
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Halloween rolls on by, as does Thanksgiving and the countdown begins in the hearts of my children.
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