Femin-isn't “Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” ~ G....
Hush, critic You would know exactly how bright and beautiful you are if you saw yourself in the moments where you are truly yourself.
Making it work We just arrived to our new post. We are the 'beta testers' for getting pets into this island country during the pandemic, and we are now...
Finding friends We are moving... again. That means AGAIN I will set up home, figure out what to get where and how to get from Point A to Point B and whi...
One step at a time In the middle of trying to organize our PCS (‘permanent change of station’), I read this and it really stuck with me. Maybe it will be m...
Two positives instead of a negative Sister, there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake aga...
Getting to Happy This is an especially good reminder for those of us dealing with moving angst, as we currently are. Happiness is a skill that we need to...
Just get outside! I don’t know about you all, but my kids have spent the last 3months pretty much on their devices for hours each day thanks to distance le...
Connected In this day and age, NOT having a portable technological device is a bit of a handicap, especially to kids in middle and high school. We...
Mangoes, baby. Mangoes. Dare I say it: There are so many things to learn. If you are in the right mind set, you could literally learn a new skill or bit of info...
What’s going on in there? It’s been a day, huh? Kids are out of school now (not that the eLearning they were doing was taking up too much of their day, tasks pili...
Thinking about empathy I read this the other morning, while enjoying a cup of coffee. It sparked a conversation over breakfast with my kids. I think seeing wh...
Rational thought "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." ~ John F Kennedy. I want to believe that there are s...
The winning-est win of all .. so far I think, on random days, it's a good thing to be grateful for what we have, what we are, and what we are continuing to be. Especially to...
60 seconds Everywhere we turn, someone is asking for something. Everywhere we go, it is what else we can do for someone else. What about what you ...
Dear COVID-19 Dear COVID-19, You are a curious thing, aren't you? Hard to pin down, hard to describe. Apparently, you like to sneak, tip-toeing in, a...
Gird your loins The threat out there against us is very real: a tiny speck of a incomplete bit of genetic material is taking down hundreds of thousands o...
Life and links I know you need more links to click on like you need a hole in the head; however, I have been a little swamped what with work and life an...
Sour grapes and lemonade I started this off in a grouchy mood and had nothing good to say. Being grouchy is not a comfortable fit for me so it's nice that writin...
You've (still) got to move it, move it I get it. You are, like me, tired of your screen, your house, your family. You are tired of Emeetings, and the upswing in email traffic...
R E L A X ... or at least get less stressed 5 ways to regroup/chill/get over it when everyone is at home sharing that trickle of internet and what little space you may have. I know...
Life right now It’s completely surreal: I’m sitting here in our amazing oasis of a yard, green all around me, with the different colors of all of the be...
