by Kit | Aug 8, 2018 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Mission, On Parenting
“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and...
by Kit | Jun 26, 2018 | On Downsizing, On Empty-Nesting, On Living, Think About these Things
{This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read Part 1, Someday Is Today, here.} On the other side of my window, there’s a whole lotta squeaking going on. Inside the old Aspens, in nests stacked like condos, mini-mouths need feeding. An army of dark-feathered...
by Kit | May 15, 2018 | On Downsizing, On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Uncategorized
What if Someday was today? Would I have everything I need for all it holds? Would you? Which Someday are you waiting for? Someday we won’t live paycheck to paycheck. Someday I won’t be stupid-busy; then I’ll take care of myself. Someday I’ll...
by Kit | Aug 5, 2017 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
Recently I retired as a full-time mommy. In fact, I’m thinking of donating my crown to the Museum of Natural Hilarity 😉 . Our youngest still occupies a bedroom. But as a working girl and college freshman, she no longer occupies as much of my attention. So now...
by Kit | May 14, 2017 | On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
Raising kids is as simple, or as hard, as cooking perfect eggs. When Sean was five he said he’d take a raincheck on my scrambled eggs until I could make them like Grandma Doris. Hers were soft. Moist. Fluffy. Mine, far less magical. I tried again and again to...