I’m afraid that being grateful doesn’t cut it for me when I’m in a bad mood, silently seething or persistently dissatisfied. I wish it did! Tell me to “focus on what I’m grateful for” when I’m pissed off, and I’ll roll my eyes, and think, ‘yeah, yeah whatever. I’m grateful for the sunshine. my kids.Continue reading “Stop telling me to be Grateful”
Category Archives: Personal
Chaotic, complete mess mornings
It’s hard to stop the chaos train, once it pulls out of the station. Bad sleep because coughing hurts and I wake myself up every hour or so, coughing. Daughter 2 wants to cook sausages at 7:53 am, and we leave for school at 8 am. I say no, too late, have something else. DaughterContinue reading “Chaotic, complete mess mornings”
Forget the signal to noise ratio. Signals themselves are a problem now.
The problem is no longer the signal to noise ratio- it’s too much signal. What can you do?
Does your kid do anything that matters?
While reading a book on parenting and homeschooling by Teri Moore a while back, this passage hit me hard: In America, our children are the most important part of our lives, and we tell them so, but we don’t actually let them be important(emphasis added). WHAAAAT? of course not! But reading on, it makes more and moreContinue reading “Does your kid do anything that matters?”
SuperSoul Session 2…thank you, Oprah.
Saturday I went to Oprah’s SuperSoul Session #2 in Los Angeles – a day spent listening to various speakers. I left thinking, “That was cool, useful, entertaining…” but I’d expected to be BLOWN AWAY and “breakthrough-inspired.” I didn’t feel blown away though, at least not by anyone other than Oprah herself. (She is amazing in aContinue reading “SuperSoul Session 2…thank you, Oprah.”
Device time for my kids…and for me
As a parent of elementary and middle schoolers, the device conundrum is hitting home! I think we’re too lax, and writing this out as a way to figure it out. I think the best place to start is on myself. Monkey See, Monkey, Do, after all. Thoughts on screen time for grownups. I was goingContinue reading “Device time for my kids…and for me”
Making…Halloween
Here are the costumes my girls had for Halloween this year! A big bag of Jelly Bellies, and a Toy Chica – from the online game Five Nights at Freddy’s 2…(This one seemed much easier to make than others like Foxy! Went with good old paper mache on a giant balloon…) The girls were soContinue reading “Making…Halloween”
NZ hasn’t won the America’s Cup back…YET (a great word to use)
I’m so pleased at this moment in time to see the New Zealand team challenging for the America’s Cup! http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/18070/day-3-preview-who-wants-it-more I lived in Auckland from 1999 – 2007, so saw Team New Zealand defend against the Prada (Italy) Challenger in 2000 and then lose completely to Alhinghi (Switzerland) in 2003. It was so sad! The NZContinue reading “NZ hasn’t won the America’s Cup back…YET (a great word to use)”
Important Measures of Success
I don’t know what about this photo I took last night that gets me so emotional, but I almost cry when I see it. My darling daughter, eight years old, such a delight, and she’ll only be eight for such a short time. Somehow this picture made me see instantly that I want to enjoy themContinue reading “Important Measures of Success”
Paula Cassin 