It all started with his keys. He always came home from work and dumped the contents of his pockets onto the piano, instead of using the designated basket just a few feet away. I reminded him for MONTHS before I finally gave up and put a silver dish on the piano to corral keys and spare …
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After last year, when it took my son about two-thirds of the year to feel at ease in kindergarten, we were understandably a bit gun-shy about the first day of first grade. Correction: *I* was gun-shy. *He* seemed okay with it. And even a little excited to see his friends. But I knew it would be a …
"You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." Brené Brown Knowing yourself allows you to walk inside your story. It doesn't mean giving yourself the excuse to stop growing or changing. But it DOES mean giving yourself …
Continue Reading about Wholehearted Living: Knowing Your Personality Type
First of all, thank you all so, so much for reading and sharing my post earlier this week on ways to make your kids feel crazy loved! I really (like, really!) appreciate all of you who commented or shared or pinned...And a big welcome to any new visitors because of that piece! I'm thrilled that …
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Last Friday night at 8pm, I answered the phone and heard these words. "Erica. On Monday I will have power of attorney for my mother's condo. On Tuesday I will circulate a petition to have you fired." Then the line went dead. -- I could tell you that I had literally had two interactions with him …
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Have you heard of six-word memoirs? Since the project debuted in 2006, one million adults and teens have shared their six-word stories. Some of them are hilarious ("weary *and wary* of ice buckets"); some are heart-wrenching ("I've been homeless since you died"). I can't get enough of these …
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