Fall is in the air. Well, OK, maybe not here in the South, but fall is in the air in my mind. I know a lot of people are motivated by January 1, but I've always been more motivated by fall. Perhaps it's having been a student and then a teacher for so many years,… Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
I'm no stranger to loss. In the last few years of high school and the first few years of college, it felt like I spent more time at funerals than I did at parties, saying goodbye to friends who were gone way too soon. With all the grief I've experienced, never did I expect it… Continue reading Paw prints on my heart
image sourceLetting Go in 2012"I swear, you live in your head.""Cheryl, stop overthinking things.""You are such a cerebral person, Cheryl.""You've analyzed this to death, Cher.""You need to get out of your head."These are true words spoken by good friends this year, more so in the last couple of months. I've known it to be true,… Continue reading Letting go of rumination (aka my desire to stop beating dead horses)
...is through my stomach. Seriously. Whereas the majority of my family eats to live, I live to eat. If I could eat 24/7, I would - especially restaurant food and takeout. It wasn't always that way. When I was younger, there were very few foods I liked, or at least thought I liked (I was practically double… Continue reading The way to my heart…
Spring. A season of change, growth, and renewal. As the dogwood trees began to blossom around Columbia a few months ago, the season of change took effect in our household as well (resulting in me channeling my inner David Bowie). Lightening, which had to go and disprove the popular theory, struck the same place twice: only… Continue reading Blowing with the wind of change
A few months ago, I was really disappointed when our prayers went unanswered. Though I was cryptic at the time, I can now tell you that Hubby had applied for a job in what we thought would be the ideal location for us. It would have taken us back home to FL, closer to friends… Continue reading Unanswered prayers answered
Since rediscovering my natural hair color in the past year (it's apparently brown, in case you were as curious as I was), I have begun to notice some ahem, highlights.No, I'm not talking about the red that sometimes makes an appearance after I've been out in the sun. I'm talking about the shades of grey that have… Continue reading Shades of grey*
I'm coming out of my cave. No, that's nothing like coming out of the closet.image sourceA former colleague once observed that when an outside force causes a major shift in my best laid plans, I sit in a metaphorical corner for a few days and lick my wounds. This time the corner was a cave.… Continue reading Is this thing still on?
I've had many nice emails, encouraging comments, and follow-up questions about last week's post on making more time to write. Firstly, thank you for all the encouragement.To get to the heart of the matter, the new schedule is going well so far. Well, the writing part of it at least. I have yet to try… Continue reading Re: writing
When I was in college, I scheduled literally every minute of my day. Dinner had to be put on the schedule if it was to be eaten. Even breaks were written in my daily planner. As I got older, such detailed schedules began to feel restrictive, and I opted instead for prioritized to-do lists. I've… Continue reading "Schedule" is not a dirty word
