Posted on May 10, 2013

Moms pour their lives into their children in every possible way. This video takes a humorous look at what those sacrifices might look like from a child’s perspective. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there! In Joy 🙂

To Have and to Hold…on Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 3, 2013

A quarter of a century ago, on Mother’s Day 1988, I brought home my first bundle of joy: the ultimate Mother’s Day gift, my Nitasha, or Tash, as we lovingly call her.  On the date, every month, for twelve months, we celebrated her birthday! Then her first, second, third, all the way to today! 25 ! WOW! It seemed like it flew by. Gretchen Ruben from The Happiness Project says, “The days are long and the years, short.” I couldn’t agree…

OUTSMARTED!

Posted on April 26, 2013

Boston Marathon Bombing: United We Stand

Posted on April 19, 2013

Monday was about people running for the love of running. Instead, it turned into people running for their lives. And I can’t stop running either: running thoughts through my head about such unnecessary violence and what it means for our kids’ future; running out of reasons and excuses about why and how this continues to happen; running into puddles of emotion about the safety of our society. So then I ran with my thoughts to the Internet and found this:…

Love is a Trick

Posted on March 29, 2013

Let me recap Downton Abbey, the award wining BBC drama series, season finale episode of Season 3. Don’t worry, there are no spoilers ahead!  The Scene: Lord Robert and Lady Cora Grantham and their family go on their annual trip to visit the home of their cousin, Lady Susan, and arrive to find tension between Lady Susan and her husband. It is also clear that as a result of their fired tempers and underlying resentfulness and dislike for each other, their…