Last week a friend and my soon-to-be book coach, Angela Lauria, emailed her list of budding authors with advice on how to get unstuck in the writing process. She said (simply) Write the Acknowledgements. She was referring of course to writing those few pages at the end of the book where an author thanks all […]
Do You Make It Harder Than It Has to Be?
A few months ago my sister and I took a retreat to Sedona, AZ. There is a beautiful place called Buddha Beach filled with hundreds of rock cairns (tiny piles of rocks.) We read that it was a tradition for visitors to create their own rock cairn when they visit the beach. My sister […]
Finding Light in Darkness
When something horrific happens, like the tragedy in Boston, it is hard not to notice darkness. The news is filled with images that leave us feeling things that aren’t helpful. There are a few articles and links that have helped and comforted me this week and I wanted to share them with you now. Stephen […]
The Mom I Want to Be
This morning I was running late. “Late” has been the norm since we hit the final stretch of pre-conference ramp up. “OK kids grab your backpacks and get yourself buckled into the car!” I sing-songed the way I imagined “good moms” do every day – pretending I wasn’t stressed at the thought I’d be pulling […]
Feeling Lucky?
The other day my daughter asked if we were lucky. Uh oh – I felt a slippery slope approaching in that question. As a child luck was something I very much believed in and my sense was that where money was concerned we weren’t very lucky. Luck felt illusive and random. It took me a […]
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