I have had a lot going on this week, and I have only a little bit to say about all of it right now. Thanks to a few people giving me the right words at the right time, and one in particular reminding me of this bit exactly, I was able to remember some very… Continue reading short and sweet

I feel like I’m always talking about words, and today will not be different. Nuances are so extraordinary to me and the impact that our choices in words can have should never be ignored. An example from this week has hit me more powerfully than most passing observations I’ve had before. Like most it was… Continue reading Words, for the third time

When I started college I was a music education major, I had been preparing for it since I was about 13. I knew I needed to be a music teacher. My main instrument was the saxophone, and my horn and I began at school ready to take on the world. It didn’t take long for me to… Continue reading Practice

I try to find the reason in all the bad stuff that happens. I guess it’s one of those stupid coping mechanism things, but it’s all I have in the middle of the night when something has me to bothered to sleep. In my life, I’ve usually been able to find the reason for most… Continue reading I already know 

Have you ever read The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg? Well, you should. In fact, you should read all of his picture books because the man is a genius, but that is entirely beside the point. If for some utterly indefensible reason, you have not read it, I will sum it up for you. Boy is… Continue reading Polar Express

Nine years old is a time for a lot of things, it turns out. There are the hormones and the friends, and then there are the daily dramas, real and imagined. It is also the time of ridiculous jokes, constant puns, and the ever present jinx. If you have kids or remember being one, you… Continue reading The time of jinx

Even though there’s still a month and a half to go, 2016 is already being called the worst year ever by many. There have been so many deaths that I, personally, am dreading the Oscars because of the “in Memoriam” section of the show. Between the deaths of celebrities across many fields and the feeling… Continue reading 2016

We’re just over a week away from thanksgiving. It seems really late this year, and that means that the Christmas decorations feel like they’re really early. So many people I know get frustrated and angry about the Christmas tinsel popping up mid-November, and I often make the little snorts of derision along with them as… Continue reading Who’s the kid?

I often write about the power of words, especially the ones that we use without thinking too much about them. This one is a bit different. I am a proud attendee of therapy sessions and in them, I’ve been learning that I place a lot of value on words. More specifically, I place so much… Continue reading Words, words, words

In my old life, my Colorado life, Husband had to get up incredibly early to go to work. There were some days I didn’t even classify the time as morning yet, rather as late at night. It was very hard to get used to him getting out of the bed (I know, poor, pitiful me!)… Continue reading Who? Me? Selfish?