Happy HolidaysPosted by Leslie Dec 24 2011, 6:16 pm in celebration, encouragement, good wishes From our house to yours, we wish you the happiest of holidays and many blessings for the new year. TransitionsPosted by Leslie Dec 22 2011, 9:40 am in encouragement, friends, Guest blogging, memory, reflections I am guest blogging on the lovely Tess Hardwick’s website, Inspiration for Ordinary Life. Tess is the brilliant author of the novel RIVERSONG and her writing is exactly that and more . . . motivational and exquisitely written. It feeds my soul at every visit. One of Tess’ features is entitled 20 Thursday where guest authors advise their twenty-year-old selves. [...] Timelessness, Creativity, and PerfectionPosted by Leslie Dec 5 2011, 9:14 am in adoration, gratitude, reflections, resources, service New does not always mean exciting and transitions are rarely seamless. When my daughter had the opportunity to change schools at the delicate turning point between childhood and adolescence, she agonized and I suffered. It was a long summer dreading the adjustment as she struggled with “but what ifs” and I grappled with my memories, [...] A Simple Moment of CelebrationPosted by Leslie Dec 1 2011, 7:00 am in celebration, joy, reflections In the not too distant past, I was the Birthday Grinch. Neither swayed by multicolored packages nor moved by depths of frosting covering candled, cakey goodness, indifference to the birthday process wasn’t enough, I was adamantly opposed to it. Why mark the passage of another year, another chunk of time lost? I pulled my quilts [...] |
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