In this week’s episode, Lily digs into the topic of post-partum depression, just in time for Mother’s Day. As it turns out, even once the fog lifts, there is still work to be done. Your Homework this week is to look at the 19 Ideal Life Themes (click here, or see below) and prioritize them.Continue reading “Episode 62: Memory”
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After the break…
Wow. I took a bit of a break there. Out of necessity, definitely, because there was a school vacation mixed in there. But can I tell you the real reason why I have been absent from the blog? Well, let’s hop into the way-back machine for a bit. When I started our blog in 2021,Continue reading “After the break…”
Week 3: Being Still
According to the rules of my New Year’s Resolution, I’m meant to be doing for others what I would want done for me. This *should* be easy, right? Surprise surprise, this has become an increasingly mindbending endeavor. This requires a clarity of thought that I don’t often have in abundance. “What would I want doneContinue reading “Week 3: Being Still”
Week 2: A Golden Rule Conundrum
I had just spent a good thirty minutes folding clothes. They were not mine, because my clothes get the royal treatment. I usually hang mine up as they leave the washer, so that they dry nicely. I know. It’s selfish. But whatever. Call it self care. “Okay, everybody! Come get your laundry and put itContinue reading “Week 2: A Golden Rule Conundrum”
The “Golden Rule Rules” Rules
You know me by now, right? I like rules. I like to make rules and I like holding myself accountable to rules. So obviously, when Lily Fields makes a New Year’s Resolution, it comes with rules. I find that this helps break down a resolution into smaller chunks, making it hard to fail entirely, which,Continue reading “The “Golden Rule Rules” Rules”
Week 1: The Golden Rule Rules
This is my first roundup of the highlights from my Golden Rule resolution….that is…my resolution to live out the Golden Rule in as many ways as possible in 2023. First up, whereas this, pre-scalawags had been something we always used to do, but had stopped doing it in the last few years. It is soContinue reading “Week 1: The Golden Rule Rules”
Wool is, Indeed, Quite Cool
Why helllllooo!! For weeks now, I have been making oblique references to a project I’ve undertaken with the scalawags’ school, which I have given the aptly adorable title, Wool is Cool. I think the school principal thought I was nuts when I sent him an email last May, telling him that I had a trunkContinue reading “Wool is, Indeed, Quite Cool”
Tiny Dancer
Warning. Things are about to get mushy. You’ve heard me say this a lot, but my eldest child is a carbon copy of his indulgent father. He looks like him, talks like him, thinks like him. They have similar reactions to things. Neither of them see it, but as someone who loves both of themContinue reading “Tiny Dancer”
My Own Little Tempest in a Teapot
It’s happening again. That dreadful, awful thought happened last week for the first time in months and I feel like I’m back to square one. What thought? you may ask, because you are a thoughtful reader who cares that I sound like I am freaking out and because I am freaking out. ”I’m losing myContinue reading “My Own Little Tempest in a Teapot”
How’s that ambivalence coming along?
I entered parenthood with a great deal of ambivalence. I never was a fan of babies, and I had a love/hate relationship with children. The love part was that I know they are the future: teach them well and bla-bla-bla. The hate part was the irrationality, the ungratefulness, the noise… My only real experience withContinue reading “How’s that ambivalence coming along?”
Sing With Your Feet 