I tried to explain to my husband way-back-when that I was a goody two shoes when I was young, and by that I don’t mean I was perfect (I was a bossy tattletale, if you must know!). I mean that the way I perceived the world was drastically different than my friends’, as must be […]
I Want To Go To There
Tina Fey has said that her three-year-old’s cute phrasing sometimes ends up on 30 Rock–one of which is the phrase, “I want to go to there.” Do your days look like this? [From the Blue Yonder Ranch website] Do you want them to look differently? Now granted, the same amount of information could have been […]
Oxbow Park & Grandma Lien
Well, Gamma has finally arrived, and Liliana demands her utmost attention. “Watch,” says Liliana, then dances interminably. “Come,” says Liliana, then leads Gamma who knows where. She has one more adoring adult to give her love–as though she needs more! Today, we went to Oxbow Park, a lovely nature reserve not far from us, with […]
Gray Works Magic
We kids (there were seven of us!) entered lots of art contests growing up. I won a 12-speed bike in an Easter coloring contest sponsored by our local hardware store. My brother Matt won some money…and a party up in the penthouse of the Science Museum of Minnesota (at the old location) for his colored […]
The Work
Yesterday in the comments I mentioned that part of feeling compassion (and I would add to that–forgiveness and love and peace) stems from your ability to change your perspective on things. With any therapist I’ve ever been to, the first two questions I’ve always asked (because of the tremendous pain I’ve felt over the years) […]