Month: August 2013

Refeathering NOT Empty Nesting

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We dropped off our twins off at college this week.  For the first time since September of 1994 there are no children living in our house.  My husband and I have had countless people comment to us over the past few weeks about how we would soon be empty nesters.  The more I hear the term empty nester though the less I like it.  Webster’s Dictionary tells me the term was first used in 1962 and means … Read More

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Cleveland Indians Loss Provides Opportunity to Cultivate Gratitude

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A while back I wrote about the practice of keeping a gratitude journal.  In it I mentioned that before actively practicing gratitude I would lie in bed after a bad day and ruminate on what went wrong and worry about everything else that might go wrong as a result. Before integrating the regular practice of gratitude into my life, last night could have looked like this:  Me lying in bed reliving Cleveland Indian’s pitcher Perez’s atrocious performance, … Read More

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