cultivating me

this is my new daily mantra. it’s what i tell myself each morning when my alarm goes off at 6am. … as i sometimes struggle through an afternoon of trying to explain fractions to my 10 year old. … as i jog a mile on the treadmill or struggle to complete one last rep on [...]

So I’ve mentioned this summer course I am taking? The one I’m really excited about and so happy that I finally am able to have a class with the professor? The one that I am also a little afraid of because I think it might be over my head just a bit (It’s an upper [...]

tur·moil /ˈtɜrmɔɪl/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronun 1. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet i find myself so desperately needing to write and at the same time i am desperate to not write. i don’t know where to start even… i am tired but i can’t sleep.  sad but [...]

oh the power of holding hands! i have to admit that i love to hold hands but do not often think about why…..until last night. last night i was feeling sad, scared, worried, stupid……all out of sorts. that is until my sweetie came over, sat next to me and held my hand. in that moment, [...]

it started out fabulous: my sweetie and i packed up our monkeys and headed out to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for the Memorial Day weekend. the drive is long about 12 hours but the kids are great travelers and even without a DVD player to keep them entertained we made it there without whining, [...]

it has been way too long since i have been able to sit down and just write. the main reason being i started summer classes. i was really excited to take a summer English course. i was all signed up only to learn, last minute, it was going to be canceled due to low enrollment. [...]