I took some time to clean house yesterday to get things ready for a brand new decade. First, I tossed out all the stale stuff, swept away hurt feelings, resentment, fears and any weird twinges of sourness I found clinging like a dust ball to a far corner of the room. Then I polished up [...]
I like to think of New Year’s Eve as a worldwide celebration of the three gifts we all receive just for being human -- self-reflection, opposable thumbs and a fresh start. How lucky are we? Sure, I’ve had some years when I want to take that opposable thumb, wrap it over three fingers, lift the [...]
I know I should have jumped out of bed and gotten right to 2018, but New Year's Day dawned cozily around our house and so I sipped my tea, slipped on my comfy slippers and savored it. And now, more than a week later, I have yet to make a single resolution. In the interest [...]
We’re both celebrating milestones this year, so we want to kick it off properly. With my big 5-0 looming in April (looks weird in print so I'm hoping it's not true) and Molly's Sweet Sixteen in August, 2014 is shaping up to be a big year. Normally, we're pretty disdainful of resolutions, particularly our own, [...]
