Dear Sweet E, I’ve left you with so much advice in this last year. So many words about the things I know to be true. Maybe some of my wisdom won’t be what you need or remotely apply to the where you’re headed. Maybe you’ll humor your granny and tell me that it was a …
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Two small words. Immeasurably large impact. I’m sorry. So simple. So eloquent. So rarely offered. Why is that? Why is it when some have harmed us, intentionally or not, literally or not, gleefully or not, they find it difficult to say, “I’m sorry.” Why is that so damned hard? Here’s what I want when I’m …
In my mountains of research that I do for post ideas, I came across this gem: 9 Rules for Success by British Novelist Amelia E. Barr, 1901 6. “Everything good needs time. Don’t do work in a hurry. Go into details; it pays in every way. Time means power for your work. Mediocrity is always …
In the last year, as Sweet E has grown, I keep finding myself telling Husband, “I need to tell Boy/Girl _____. No one ever told me that and I wished they had.” The best advice no one ever gave me, but would have been gratefully received, was that we’d make it through whatever calamity or …
By now you’ve heard the news: I bought a fancy-pants camera and I need to learn how to use it, outside of auto mode. FREAK OUT! No really. That’s what happens in my head on a regular basis these days. I can’t count how many deep breathes I’ve taken in the last few weeks. Each …
Beat downs (to harass or crush one’s spirit) come in many forms. I’ve suffered more than I can count in my life and I have some advice I’d like to offer about how to recover from one that seems insurmountable. Nope, I’m not talking about our recent foray into the world of buying a car …
Have you guys ever produced a website that posts new content 4 times a week? You have?! Do you have an assistant? You don’t?! Yeah, me neither… To date, I have written 386 posts for this site since its inception 14 months ago (I’m including posts that are to-be-published in that number). WHAT?! Which brings …
While this is definitely a post for Sweet E, it’s also a post for all of us, because sometimes we can use the reminder. March is here. Did you notice? The first day of spring is thisclose. I even have photographic proof: All of this means that it’s been a couple of months since we …
A little over two months has passed since Christmas and I’ve had some time to think about gift-giving. I’ve been wondering what’s better: make or buy? Which is preferred by others: make or buy? Does it matter? Do people care? Each year, we exchange Christmas gifts with a few friends. At first, in the early …
I was raised by a mother who insisted I be a lady. Or at least try and act like one. My mother was a transplanted German living in a foreign land, in a small West Texas town, trying to raise her daughters with some semblance of decorum. Bless her heart, she tried so hard. The …