We recently enjoyed watching Dead Poets Society with our kids for family movie night and all I can say is WOW! I was floored, and moved, and INSPIRED. Much more then when I first watched it several decades ago! What a different lens to view it from this time around. I just can’t stop thinking about it and this clip has been etched into my mind ever since. It’s profound meaning hit my wiser ears and moved me to my core….. Who remembers this poignant moment? “You are here. Life exists, and identity… but the powerful play goes on and YOU...
Do you have the GUTS to be a Goalie Mom? I Didn’t Have a Choice…..But I sure have learned some lessons.
I never wanted to be a goalie mom. Like ever. If I had a vote (which I didn’t) it would have been a resounding NO thank you. I honestly used to look at fellow parents whose kiddos played goalie and often thought to myself-that must be awful….oh so stressful and pressure packed. Hockey is intense enough, right? I’d secretly whisper to myself “thank goodness that isn’t my kid”. For real, I did….A LOT. Now I’m on the other side and I can tell you, it IS all of those things for sure. But it is also so many more things...
Yet Another Addiction Hijacking our Lives: Beware of Destination Addiction
Destination addiction. I didn’t even know that was a “thing” but I’m totally guilty… like, excessively guilty. I guess that’s why it’s called an “addiction”. You just may be struggling with this too….without even having a smidgen if awareness. I mean, how many of us have said “I’ll be happy when”…. I get the promotionI make X amount of dollars a yearI achieve XMy spouse does XI lose 10 poundsThe house projects are doneMy kids are homeMy kids are back in schoolWhen we go on vacation, for a month…. You get the picture….like a million times, right? But what happens...
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, and That Same Village to Raise Great Parents.
Just a typical afternoon jaunt to the grocery store until I found myself deep in a situation I didn’t expect……I was standing there in the snack aisle cheering on a fellow mom STRUGGLING with her kids. Perhaps to the chagrin of the other shoppers, but with every fiber of my being, I had to. Admittedly, I was a cheerleader way back when so this came naturally to me; but nevertheless, it was simply the right thing to do. If you have kids, you’ve likely been there….Mortified in aisle 3. But why do we care what others think so much? And...
Magical Lessons: A Place to Begin….
“The wand chooses the wizard. That much has always been clear to those of us who have studied wandlore… If you are any wizard at all you will be able to channel your magic through almost any instrument. The best results, however, must always come where there is the strongest affinity between wizard and wand. These connections are complex. An initial attraction, and then a mutual quest for experience, the wand learning from the wizard, the wizard from the wand.” —Mr Ollivander “The wand chooses the wizard”….All those years of incessantly watching Harry Potter with my mesmerized kiddos served me...
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