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I’m so sorry for your loss.

Today is my mom’s birthday. It’s been almost five years she’s been gone from this earth. I often think of her, and I feel her with me sometimes when I go into the library or a yoga class or a coffee shop. Sometimes I’ll consciously ask her if she’d like to go with me into…

How HighScope and This is Us Changed My Relationship with My Father

Part of the reason I love what I do for a living is that it gives me opportunities to continue learning.  If one is going to train other people, one must be trained.  As I learn more and more about quality early childhood experiences, I reflect and learn more about how my childhood made me…

Thank You Dad

October 13 is a very important date in my life.  In recent years it’s become more significant because it’s the anniversary of my mom’s death.  But for 71 years it’s been my dad’s birthday.  I felt like this year I should take the day back from sadness to celebration. Most people who know me and…

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

It’s been over a month since my trip, and a lot (A LOT) has happened since then, but this post is important to me, and I decided better late than never!  (I’ll fill you in on the other stuff later.  I promise.) So, as I’d said, I lived in San Francisco from about 5th grade…

Save Me San Francisco

I haven’t been here in a while.  It’s pretty easy to slap up a happy go lucky blog post when things are going really great in my life, or when a nail polish goes horribly wrong.  But most of the time I suppose life is a messy conglomeration of disastrously wrong and gloriously right mixed in…

Things I Love About Grandma

My grandmother on Mom’s side passed away this morning.  She lived 98 full years, and I know she was ready to leave this world and be with Grandpa again.  She’d missed him so since he died a few years back. On their 77th wedding anniversary, my family created a book for them, with each branch…

Epiphanies: Part 1

Thought I’d post an update on my continued improvements and deep thoughts.  I saw the doctor for my follow-up appointment yesterday, and he says I’m healing nicely.  My stitches are out, and I’m going back to work Monday, with a little bit lighter schedule planned than normal. My pain is pretty minimal, just taking two…

Out of Control

My body is out of control.  I feel like whomever is in charge of it needs to get their sh*t together and teach it how to act.  Like when there is a toddler throwing a fit at Wal-mart, and you try not to be judgy, but the whole time you’re thinking to yourself, “Wow.  That thing’s owner needs…