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A Kind Stranger…

On Friday night my LuLu went to see “The Wizard of Oz” with Nonni and Poppi. I love that play, and she has seen the movie almost a dozen times, so she was really excited. She even wore ruby red [...]

November 22, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life, My Life, My Life Featured

The Case of Jenn vs. The Realist

It was kind of a cold office- not temperature wise, just the energy. There were book shelves, but the books didn’t seem to have life in them. I felt like if I picked them up, on the inside there would [...]

November 16, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life, My Life, My Life Featured

Learning from a Tightrope Walker

Today’s ‘balance’ tip is all about countering chaos with the power of grace & focus. I love watching tightrope walkers at the circus- their elegance, grace, and focus is awe inspiring. The funny thing about the circus is often we [...]

September 29, 2010 Balance, Blog Posts, Bounce, Diaries, Find Balance Featured, Life
Birds in Flight and Questioning If Life Can Be Effortless?

Birds in Flight and Questioning If Life Can Be Effortless?

Lately I’ve been really watching the birds fly, a lot. This morning I happened to catch a glimpse of one gliding just a few feet in front of me, and I marveled at the way it just seemed effortless and [...]

September 27, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life, My Life, Soar

10 Basic Truths of Life

I was thinking about this this morning- there are some pretty basic, simple truths in life. Here are just a few of them, let’s keep adding to the list as we go. And, please share any of the ones you’ve [...]

September 16, 2010 Balance, Blog Posts, Diaries, Life, My Life, Spark

Rethinking the Bucket List and Creating My Life List

I remember when I was a little girl, we watched a movie called “Six Weeks”.  It was about a 12 year-old girl named Niki who was dying from leukemia. She wants to do “one last great thing” . She ends [...]

September 10, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Dream Big Featured, Life, My Life
Porch Lessons from Nature

Porch Lessons from Nature

I was sitting out on my front porch yesterday, as I do almost every day, and noticed in great detail all of the beautiful foliage right across from our home. We are not in a secluded area by any means, [...]

September 9, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life, My Life
The Caterpillar Came Knocking

The Caterpillar Came Knocking

Last night while the Little Man and I were out food shopping, Michael and LuLu were on the porch. A caterpillar was crawling at Lu’s feet. According to Michael, she jumped about a mile high. She was scared, and didn’t [...]

August 27, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life, My Life
How Do You Define "Success"?

How Do You Define "Success"?

A woman emailed me, and wrote: I’m thinking about becoming a coach. I saw your website, and you look pretty successful. I was just curious if you make a lot of money, or if it’s just a ‘feel good’ job. [...]

August 20, 2010 Balance, Blog Posts, Diaries, Feel Grace, Life

Winning by Losing: Teaching Our Children It's Okay to Fail

My husband and I decided to take LuLu and Little Man to the town carnival on Saturday night. Lu was counting the minutes until we left and Man was in awe at the lights on the ferris wheel. It was [...]

August 17, 2010 Blog Posts, Diaries, Life, My Life
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