Driving through my neighborhood the other day, my eyes caught on a sign hung at the corner of an intersection I was passing through. It’s a sign I have passed many times before and, like always, my mood was lifted when I saw it. Sitting beside a centuries-old stone meeting house, it offers the same […]
For the past few months, my four year old has been walking around the house belting out the lyrics from a certain movie featuring certain “frozen” princesses. Even my toddler joins in, although his contribution mainly consists of matching consonant and vowel blends in time with the tune. After catching myself murmuring “let it go…
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Years ago, my mom and her friends held a summer solstice party, where my twelve year old self danced until the very tardy moon arrived, loving every minute of the nature-inspired celebration. The summer solstice occurred (for my area) last month, and I still delight in the fact that people all over the world take
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Cruising down the sidewalk on her training-wheeled bike, my daughter pedals toward me, grinning. I wave at her and start to call out “Great job!” but change it at the last minute to “Look at you, balancing on that bike!” Why the sudden correction in my praise? Does it really matter if I say “Great
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Do you remember that time in your life when everything had a sense of newness to it, and the world was a place to wonder about and explore? There are only a few, brief years in childhood when kids are old enough to create their own fun and young enough to let themselves do it,
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My family is in the process of buying our first home. We have had an interesting few months of it, and when a friend called my husband recently and asked how he was doing, my husband shared our news and then got ready to vent about it – about the “great investment” we almost made
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Last month I wrote about mindfulness, the practice of being fully aware in the present moment. I work on being mindful every day, because it really takes a conscious (and sometimes immense) effort to be fully immersed in what I’m doing. I play with my children and remind myself to pay attention to their words
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I recently attended a mindfulness session led by mindfulness coach and play-based therapist, Jacquie O’Malley. She explained in clear and easy terms how bringing even a little mindfulness (respectful and judgment-less presence in the moment) to each day can bring about enormous, healthy changes in our brains, moods and lives. She spoke of practicing mindfulness
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