Tag: thoughts

Listen to Your Mother 2016: A Reflection

Everyone has a story to tell. Yet very often we keep those stories to ourselves, unready or unwilling to share them with the world. One of my favorite movies is Steel Magnolias – for so many reasons. Early in the film Truvy (played by Dolly Parton) tries to find out more about her new employee, Annelle (Daryl Hannah). “Well…tell…

By Lisa May 10, 2016 Off

#10Thankful – The Show is Over

Is it wrong that I’m in my pajamas at 8:00 PM? Today has been an exciting and tiring day and honestly? I really kind of want to go to bed. Like now. But first, I need to slip in a few items of thankfulness… First, I am so grateful to have been part of the…

By Lisa April 24, 2016 Off

The Why Behind My Words

My Husband tells me I think in words. Now you’re wondering, doesn’t everyone?  No, I don’t believe that is true.     Some of us do think in words; we find sense and structure in our world via letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs. Others may think in pictures and see the world laid out in visual…

By Lisa April 10, 2016 Off

What Makes Me Weak

No one likes to admit weakness. We prefer to present ourselves as strong and capable, fearless and invincible, to the world and to ourselves. But no one is without their Achilles’ heel, their own personal Kryptonite. It’s different for each of us, of course. But let’s talk about Achilles and Superman for just a minute…     Achilles’…

By Lisa March 13, 2016 Off

Be Careful What You Wish For

What would you change if you knew how your life would unfold? Would you eat healthier? Exercise more? Would you take better care of your teeth? Maybe you would get up the nerve to ask out the cute guy in your French class. Or maybe you would wisely say “no” when the cute guy at the…

By Lisa March 5, 2016 Off

TToT – Catching Up, Transitions, and Change

I can’t help but think lately that life is a constant string of transitions. We spend most of our lives moving from one phase to another: from youth to adulthood, from school to work, from one relationship to another, from one job to another…our movement is constant and sure. That’s not to say that we…

By Lisa February 21, 2016 Off

TToT – Wants, Needs, and Practicality

It is not always possible to do or get what you want. Sure, that would be nice, wouldn’t it? To be able to do exactly what you want to do when you want to do it? To be able to have anything you want right when you desire it? Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? Maybe. But then…

By Lisa February 14, 2016 Off

TToT/FTSF Mashup – For These Things We Are Thankful

It’s Sunday night and my link-up posts aren’t finished. I’ve spent the last several days alternating between wishing I could come up with something terrifically profound and hoping I just get something on the page and completely forgetting that I need to write the thing in the first place. It’s not that I don’t feel…

By Lisa February 7, 2016 Off

TToT – Best Day Ever and Bedtime

I don’t think I’ve ever posted a TToT quite this late in the weekend. I’ve been doing all the things this week and through the weekend and like this awesome camouflaged Rotten Cat, I’m pretty tired. I need to wrap it up and get some sleep. But I’m here and I’m doing it but it…

By Lisa January 31, 2016 Off