Sometimes, it’s hard to keep moving toward a goal. You’re not feeling well. There are too many things on the To-Do List. The house is a mess. The family needs attention. You don’t know how to say, “No,” when asked to volunteer in yet another role at your kids’ school. People ask when your book…
It took less than 50 seconds before Taylor Swift’s big moment over winning MTV’s VMA Top Female Video Award was ruined, right in the middle of her acceptance speech. In one gracious move, during her own winning moment for Video of the Year, Beyonce gave the grateful 19-year-old a second chance. A brilliant move and…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zvKXaOVASs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0]The Prayer by Celine Dion and Andrea Boccelli is simply beautiful and helps fill the need when words of comfort simply can’t lift the pain. I offer you this breathtaking duet of grace and hope on this day. Write-a-Scene Writing Prompt: There are times when your protagonist needs to remember the past and hold it…
Sometimes, no matter how good the intentions, you need a little bit of a nudge–a reward–if you will, to get in the right mind set. PB needed a break from me and since for the first time I had NO children around, I finally did what I HATE most to do when surrounded by my…
Have you seen this interview–Kate DiCamillo on writing–by Jenny Brown of Twenty by Jenny? Kate shares her writing process with Jenny and it made me feel like I was on the right track. Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo writes with “manageable, reachable goals” in mind–two pages a day![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8jP4Ivf18&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]Thanks to Mitali Perkins for finding this gem!…
I’ve decided it’s time to change Princess Rock Star’s name, to send her some empowerment juju. It’s time to conquer kindergarten. Going forward, she’ll be Wonder Girl, named for her favorite super heroine, Wonder Woman. Wonder Girl will be turning six this month. She wants a Wonder Woman theme party. Do you know how hard…
Needless to say, drop off for kindergarten did not go well this morning. Princess Rock Star wasn’t herself and wouldn’t stop crying. It proved quite challenging to get her into the classroom. If not for the kindergarten fiasco, I think things would be quite different. However, I’ll never know. I love our school, especially the…
Spy Girl and Ninja Girl had a great first day of school yesterday. They’re happy about their teachers, thrilled to see their friends, and ready to get to the learning. Of course there is always one who needs to be different…Princess Rock Star. Her first day of school was today. When she woke up this…
Today was tough. I broke down. As much as I couldn’t wait for the girls to go to school today, I also didn’t want to let them go. You know the parent who you roll your eyes at–the one carrying a camera and running after their child, to give one extra hug, as they enter…
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