Mar 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
This week is St. Vrain’s Spring Break and I invite you to take a break from your martial arts training as well. What? Heresy, you say! No, I’m serious. We all need a break from even the BEST DISCIPLINES, martial arts included. Of course who would want to...
Mar 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Ever have to do something you really don’t want to do – but have to, given the circumstances? Of course. The Colorado State Senate just did, too. The least-liked bill of the Spring Session is all about money. More specifically, it’s about cutting the state...
Mar 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
A couple months ago I wrote a post about my dad’s glorious sayings, the ones he repeats to himself (self-talk!) as well as to his children, his wife, the secretary at the church, the grocery store clerk, the lady he meets in the parking lot, the Girl Scout who...
Mar 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m not sure where my daughters are going to attend college. They’re 2 and four months, for gosh sakes. But I do know that their father and I started saving. It feels good to save. A tiny bit of movement toward a sense of security that is still lacking...
Mar 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
How can we help our kids feel loved and joyful if they don’t listen to us? Siena tells me that she’s sad each night when I’m about to leave her room. I look at her and sigh. Part of me is glad she’s sharing her feelings, not only having had found a word...
Mar 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
A mom’s job is to make a child feel loved and joyful. It’s an idea still brewing in my head and heart…and may it continue to do so, as my life as a mom will never end now that I have my own kids. I’ve been a surrogate parent for years in addition to being...
