The theme for this week’s Sunday confession is “lost”. It’s perfect for me this week – as I’m lost. This week I “lost” my temper. And as a result I “lost” my way again. I’m ever disappointed that I need to continually come back around to parenting the way IContinue Reading
I wrote this last year on Mother’s Day…but the sentiment holds true today… This Mother’s Day is going to be a little unlike any I’ve spent before it. I have celebrated many a Mother’s Day as a daughter. I’ve been lucky over the past eight years, to celebrate it asContinue Reading
Well – it’s been quite a week. On Saturday, I was in yet another car accident. I’m OK. Bae (who was also in the car) is OK. It wasn’t my fault – the other driver was charged with careless driving at the scene, but our car was badly damaged –Continue Reading
It was a brutally long winter where I live. Most of the people who live here hibernate in the winter – Hubs braved the cold three times daily with the dog – but in the land where Costco thinks that dog poop has a “season”, he was pretty much theContinue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve dipped my feet into the #AskAwayFriday pool, so I’m going to jump back in today! What is #AskAwayFriday? #AskAwayFriday was created by the amazing Penny from Real Housewife of Caroline County and Amber from Bold Fit Mom, as a way to connect with other bloggers with tenContinue Reading
Today’s #1000Speak post is supposed to be about bullying. And more specifically, compassion for bullies. Yes, you’re probably thinking bullies are the worst people on the planet and don’t deserve our compassion. I suppose in some cases that’s true. Consider however that some bullies don’t know any better. They weren’tContinue Reading
As I’ve been leading up to it for the past couple of weeks, I’ll point you again to my “Compassion is a Verb” piece – leading up to today’s overwhelming examples of human compassion on over 1000 blogger’s sites as part of the #1000Speak campaign started as a result ofContinue Reading
I was incredibly humbled to be nominated by Jane Thrive of Survive, Live Thrive for the Very Inspirational Blogger award this week! Thank you! The Rules: Thank the person who nominated you, and link to their blog. (check) Display the award logo (check) Nominate 15 (or so) other bloggers andContinue Reading
I know…I’m posting early – AAF is Ask Away Friday…but give me a little leeway – today marks one full year since the date of my first post. I’ve learned a lot in the past year about blogging, about community – and most importantly about myself. I feel a lot moreContinue Reading
As a writer, I’m very familiar with the ins and the outs of the language. If you’re a writer too, you might be reading the title of my blog thinking, no it’s not – compassion is a noun. It’s a feeling. It’s not something you do. I’m here to tellContinue Reading
