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November: Reflection & Rejuvenation
On the one hand, I can’t believe the year is almost over, but, on the other hand, we still have 1/6th of the year left. That’s not too shabby.
Still, these two months tend to blur by. I want to stay ahead of everything that the season requires.Let’s see how I did with last month’s intentions:- Get my car’s oil changed. I know this seems like minutiae and is
hardly worthy of being listed as a goal for the month, but I need the
accountability to get it done. Um, no. But I’m going to do it tomorrow, okay? - Be patient while we wait to see whether or not
- Get my car’s oil changed. I know this seems like minutiae and is
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Dear Henry Jones: Halloween #2
I was able to keep up with the “living, breathing scrapbook” idea for Henry’s first year. Once we hit the second year, I moved more toward the electronic version (i.e., sending notes, photos, and videos to a special e-mail account for him). I didn’t think he’d want a binder for every year of his life. However, I might consider making him a book of photos each year. Or maybe some kind of electronic slideshow. I’m not sure. For now, I still like to capture notes and send them to him. Here’s the most recent one from yesterday:—————Dearest Henry Jones:What a fun second Halloween! This year… Read More -
Marriage & Motherhood
I just love this reflection over at Kelly Rae Roberts about marriage after baby. She says, “Parenthood,
like any other big transition in life (marriage, separation, moves,
etc), throws you into major opportunity to grow into new versions of
yourself and into new versions of partnership and marriage. They aren’t
kidding when they say it’s life changing. I think it’s self changing. Marriage changing. All the changing isn’t easy, but there is wholeness and healing at every turn.”She goes on to say, “We’re… Read More
finding the pieces just don’t fit together the way they used to in the
marriage puzzle, the self puzzle, the community puzzle. The pieces
