This sweet face now stares up at me every time I open my laptop. Her eyes portray pure love and call out to me, “Are you doing what you love, are you writing?” The emotional response helps me focus, think before I act and choose how I spend my time. Read more…
Today I awoke at 5:30 am feeling refreshed and recharged. Looking out the giant window as I lay in the comfortable bed, I was able to remain quiet and calm and go within. I have learned that I use music to help me focus and to restore my energy. Music Read more…
I have both personal and professional experience with caregiver burnout. I work in adult and primarily, geriatric, rehab as an Occupational Therapist. I have worked in this area my entire career, since 1992, when I graduated from Elizabethtown College with my bachelor of science degree in Occupational Therapy. As I Read more…
I enjoy inspirational messages. Sometimes these messages arrive at the perfect time and it feels like the universe is speaking directly to me. I receive a daily message from Neale Donald Walsh as well as a weekly question from Paul Clark. (Learn more about weekly question here). Today the two Read more…
I believe the children are our future. I wrote the following post in June. My oldest child has just turned 21. Rereading this post has had an impact on me, especially the last 4 lines. Many of the things I included here are things my children have said, sometimes paraphrased Read more…
When I wrote my last post, Respect is a Two-way Street, I intended to use this quote in the post: I can remember someone sharing the idea of your child spilling milk on the floor and looking at how you would react and then comparing that to if your best Read more…
And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re going through I looked at a large collection of images and this one really spoke to me. You can not build (peace) with a (gun) Read more…
CCR Parenting Because I love music and well… I find the name catchy. Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day? R.E.M. sings as I write, “everybody hurts, sometimes”, “when you feel like you’re alone” I became a mother over 20 years ago. When I returned Read more…