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Setting Up a Kid-Friendly Kitchen
I was getting ready to purchase this tracking toy that helps indirectly prepare children for reading (since they follow the balls or cars from top to bottom, left to right–well, preparation for languages that follow that structure). But since Matt and I are desperately trying to save money for the house we’re trying to build, I asked myself if Henry really, really needs it.I recently bought him several other wooden toys, and he definitely enjoys playing with them. However, he doesn’t gravitate toward them, even though they are easily accessible on low shelves. Instead, he wants to interact with new things that he finds in the environment–a… Read More -
Dwelling in Possibility: Action Requested
I write a lot of posts about dreaming big and making it happen for a few different reasons:- I love Mary Oliver’s question: “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” Life is too short to dread getting out of bed in the morning or to spend all your time complaining about all the things that are going wrong. Each day affords us the opportunity to uncover and move closer toward our most authentic selves. I hope that by sustaining a dialogue about dreaming, planning, and then doing I can help at least one other person make their dreams happen.
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Getting Healthy
I’m not the kind of person who believes “everything happens for a reason,” but I do believe everything that happens eventually leads to good things as well as bad things.When I found out our baby was dead, I wracked my brain trying to think of some of the good things that might be in store for us because of this sad event. It was difficult to do. In all my thinking, all I could come up with is:- Suffering a miscarriage meant that I was no longer pregnant and could therefore eat junk food without worrying about cholestasis or my baby’s healthy development during my two-week vacation. I
