I am grateful for support all around me. I am grateful to be right here on my very comfortable couch. I am grateful for letting go to the powers that be. I am grateful for lunch with my mom today that wasn’t originally supposed to happen, time with my daughters today, visit from friends and…
Category: The Process
Shoulda Woulda Coulda
I had made no plans for all of November and some of December. My calendar was a wide open blank slate of dates and experiences that would never need to be filled in. I would have spent that time in Kazakhstan in some sort of alternate universe of days that blended into others, time spent…
Growing Pride, Unpacking and a Huge Thank You!
Gary just shared with me that he has gotten and has been getting such amazing feedback from clients when he had told them last week that he’d be “out of commission for three weeks.” Their initial thought was “Back surgery?” But when he began telling people he’d be out of the country for international adoption,…
Grateful List
I am grateful for a quiet day yesterday and today and for not pushing my limits. I am grateful I cooked a nice dinner early last night and everyone was cozy in PJs by 5:30 pm, with faces washed and guitars practiced. It was the perfect chilly day for this. I am grateful for being…
Trains, Cousins and Friends, Oh My!
Emma and Eden on the way to Manhattan via the Q train on Saturday. What a treat for them! Eden sporting her signature style — colors and prints galore!Emma is thrilled to be a “straphanger” if only for a day! We usually drive into the city so it was a treat for me too to…
A Very Special Hannukah Present
Just last night I looked at the pile of Hannukah gifts for my kids and thought, well, I guess it will be next December that a little boy will get to celebrate Hannukah for the first time. Twelve hours after that thought, my cell phone rang which changed the course of events. THIS Hannukah we…