We all have dreams–something we would like to do, but aren’t currently doing. Why are they called dreams?–they involve something we are passionate about, but something that seems unlikely to occur in our current reality, our current day to day life. It can be something like becoming an author, acting on stage, opening your own…

OK, so in my last post I said that I’d been working on getting published and promised that I’d tell the story of how it happened.  I started writing stories years ago, when my oldest daughter was first born. Something she would say or do would inspire me and before I knew it, a whole…

When I started this blog a little over a year ago, my intention was to post an entry every week.  And, though this was my intention, I’ve been working really hard on some other things in my life that I decided needed more attention, like my family, my volunteer work and trying to get some…

One of the ways that I have been able to function in another country, speaking another language, is by not letting myself get hung up on all of the particulars of grammar, when it comes to trying to communicate with people. I’ve gotten a little better at speaking Spanish and newcomers here are often fooled…

Pay no attention, I’m in my own head, repeating carefully what you just said, trying to imagine what it might sound like, if those words came out of the mouth of a child, a bear, or possibly a pea. I might flip them around or change them about, hoping that maybe a melody will come…

It is my firm belief that we are supposed to have certain people in our lives. And, that the universe often provides us with opportunities to meet them or puts them in our path more than once, if for some reason, we don’t get to or don’t recognize the opportunity the first time around. (Let…

O.K., I should probably clarify, I wrote this after I’d had my 2nd baby…LOL A musing on things I miss from The States: -Ivory soap (have used it my whole life, but apparently Dove has the market cornered here) -dried mustard for fettuccine -Oatmeal Raisin Crisp cereal -Nestle chocolate chips -any “he” detergent other than…

As I send my suddenly-very-grown-up-over-the-summer daughter off to another first day of school, I am reminded of how many of us feel as we see our little girls growing into young women. Promise Shhh… Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me. I know that underneath that tall body, those long legs, that teenager sass,…

Creativity, you sneaky little bugger You Beckoning me to play, when you know I have things to do No pattern I can perceive, arriving ONLY when you want to, like a stubborn child Waking me up, out of my cozy bed, with thoughts running through my head Thoughts demanding to be written down, RIGHT NOW!…

Dedicated to any parent who has ever traveled alone on an international flight with their children. Dear Lord, –Please be with me today as I travel through the gates of Hell (or as it is otherwise known—international travel alone, with little kids in tow). –Please help me to remember the binky for the baby and…