I work with the coolest people! This week, as we were visiting at the office, one of our therapists, Ellie Jack, told me about an experience she had with her parents this weekend. The story was moving, and she clearly was still excited by the powerful experience she had…I asked her to write her story. …
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Dear Car, If things had been different, …the couch I sit at in this moment would have streamers and balloons above it. I suspect your mom would have had you over for the day to occupy you, while your husband decorated and fussed, while your friends came over to put up decorations and loaded food …
The special plate
I loved, during the Olympics, watching athletes read letters of love from their parents. Isn’t it beautiful to watch how people are moved by reading how much their parents love them and admire their grit and perseverance? Children weep when witnessing the love and pride of a parent: “Dear Kaitlyn and Andrew…”@WeaverPoje get a letter …
The chandelier in the laundry room
I put a chandelier in the laundry room this week. Well, actually, Husband put it up. Whimsy. That’s what it is. Whimsy. Basement laundry rooms are places of damp and dark and rough unfinishedness. Furnaces, tanks, and ducts. The underbelly of the house. Practical without any flash. A room of work…there’s not a lot of …
A Life Plumb Line–DIY!
Let’s start off with saying that this is my first DIY blog post…I’ve written over 700 posts and not one of them is a Do It Yourself. But I pulled off a project recently…I mentioned this memory book recently at a couple of workshops and presentations I led to illustrate a point, people asked if they …