Be sweet to each other. If I had to take one lesson from this life and bottle it up to carry on to the next it is that… be sweet… to your friends, your children, your dog, your spouse or sweetheart, even your ex-spouses and sweethearts. In this age of technology, there are so many…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 7
“There’s an ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all who are destined to be together.” This quote begins a most touching story on adoption by Grace Lin called The Red Thread. I happened upon it at my daughter’s school library this weekend. I was quite literally moved to tears. This is…
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 6
Love Without Courage is Cruel and Meaningless Got you to keep reading, right? I struggled with whether to start this post with that headline… it being so biting and all. But a friend of mine encouraged me by saying, “Even the Buddha met people where they were.” I have to be real enough about myself…
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 5
How often do we hear ourselves or other parents saying no in one form or another (stop this, don’t do that, not now) when if we really took a minute to think creatively our “no” could easily be turned into a “yes”? I just heard a great story from my friend that I think has a great lesson to teach us about parenting and loving our kids from outside the box.
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 4
This could also be called “How to Love When You Don’t Have To”. You know what I’m talking about…those times when you have EVERY RIGHT to be mad. In celebration of Valentine’s Day this month, look for one of those times and love anyway. Forgive…
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 3
“Remind yourself that it’s okay not to be perfect.” — my daily Dove. What a great reminder for me… to love ME enough to let myself off the hook! Not only do I not have to be perfect (in work and home) all the time but sometimes, being perfect is the thing that holds me…
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 2
MAD LOVE. This is the best description i can give for the love I witnessed in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, a film that has my heart on fire (as a woman and a mother…both great places to love from, wouldn’t you agree???)…A child’s love is MAD LOVE. They have a lot to teach us, don’t they?!!
How Many Posts Can We Do About Love: 1
Where to start???! First of all, I am NO EXPERT in the area of romantic love… I don’t even play one on TV. The track record is… not good. So don’t expect any good How To’s in that department from me. I’m going to leave that to my lovebird friends, Mr. and Mrs. Zen Mommy!…
How to Pick Baby Bottles
The decisions seem endless, don’t they? First, you have to decide on breast or bottle feeding and now you have to pick what kind of bottles?! When my babies were… fresh, Avent bottles were the brand of choice. Or, for colicky or gassy babies, Dr. Brown’s. Now, glass bottles are making a comeback! New research…
