finding your tribe
This week Tess is at camp. Her first sleepaway camp. She is 10, has Asperger’s, and I knew a “regular” camp would never work for her. Most camps are designed for neurotypical kids, leaving Tess to be the “problem child” at the day camps she has attended. But we found …
your daily rock : chocolate is your friend
A small square of dark chocolate. Just one. A treat, not a cheat. Eat it slowly. Do nothing else while you eat it. Savor it. Be mindful of it. Just one. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
sunday sounds (and sights)
The miracle of duct tape and willingness. Just look at the absolute joy on her face.
your daily rock : bend with the breeze
In June 1992, I was at a conference in Las Vegas when a huge earthquake hit Los Angeles, waking me at 5 a.m. as it careened through the desert to rock Vegas. I remember the date because I was about to give birth to my first daughter, Emma, less than …
your daily rock : wholeheartedly
Whatever you are doing today, be all in. Do it with your whole heart. As Nelson Boswell wrote, “What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.” Today, open your heart. Imagine it expanding …
your daily rock : soften
Hard edges keep life out. Soften. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
your daily rock : live juicy
Imagine yourself a summer blackberry or strawberry: Full, ripe, succulent, ready, potent. Live that way today. Play that part today. How does it feel to be so full of promise, on the edge of luscious? Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The …
your daily rock : recharge your soul
Good lord, what a fast-paced world. If emails aren’t responded to immediately, we text. If texts aren’t responded to immediately, we send a Facebook message or a Tweet. If that isn’t responded to immediately, we will begrudgingly call. Fast. Faster. <<push pause.>> Take into account that deep part of you …
your daily rock : make peace.
I give a lot of speeches, and I always end them with this statement from Mother Teresa: “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” We don’t just belong to the ones who agree with us, believe what we believe, look …
your daily rock : put your silly on!
In the words of Heath Ledger as the Joker, “why so serious?” But some of us feel silly letting our silly show. So let it show only to you: wear two-different colored socks, buy yourself balloons, blow bubbles in your shower, dance while you cook dinner, laugh for no reason. …
