m&m’s and Gratitude

m&m’s and Gratitude

When our kids were small, we had a Friday night dinner ritual that included saying our weekly “thankfuls” (at about eight years old my son also began to include his “wishfuls”:-). In any event, my thinking was that by creating a habit of self-reflection our kids would...
New York Perspective

New York Perspective

As we approached the Brooklyn Bridge we encountered a huge billboard… sort of warning and welcome wrapped into one. It’s not the kind of sign you’d see in Wyoming, or even in Boston. But then again the volume of people in New York is truly mind and body boggling, and...
Grief & Legacy

Grief & Legacy

Late last month while visiting my son in California we toured The Winchester Mystery House. Its’ one hundred and sixty rooms were built by carpenters pounding hammers twenty-four hours a day for thirty-eight years. Which leads to the obvious questions: Why? What would...
Music, Art and Restructured Families

Music, Art and Restructured Families

Ever since I was a young girl one of my favorite places to visit has been the impressionist gallery at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.  I was always particularly mesmerized by Monet’s Water Lilies series, and more than once I can remember sitting before one of his...
The Empathy Effect and a Couch in Salt Lake City

The Empathy Effect and a Couch in Salt Lake City

With three children pretty much grown, a winter ski gathering in Salt Lake City seemed like a great way to spend some good time together, and it was. However as is inevitable our pretty much grown children took remnants of their childhood relationships along for the...

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