When Your Finish Line Moves

I cry for the city I love.  When we moved from the southern part of the US to Boston, over 25 years ago, I quickly felt I’d found the place I was meant to live.  There is no place I know with more charm, four season beauty, gutsiness, and sports enthusiasm. Truly, God...

Clarity

Do you sometimes feel like your life can be as pictured here – running in circles but not really getting where you intend to go?  I like to think that my dog, Denver,  is quite a smart dog – however, he has a habit that causes me to shed doubt on his...

Enjoy Every Moment – For real!???

My daughter and I were recently attending a baby shower together.  As often happens during the opening of gifts – advice was given to the mother-to-be. Often, it seems that advice is given to “enjoy every moment.”  My daughter and another friend of...

Timing is Everything

It seems uncanny how often the baby poops right before we walk out the door, the dog runs off, our keys go missing, the traffic is backed up… and timing just seems to be working against us.  I have often experienced nagging and discouraging “incidents” that result in...

Avoiding “The Manipulation”

Manipulation: : to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Post Op 3 weeks:  Today was a day of reckoning.  In order to avoid “the manipulation,” Wyndham had to make some big...