Once upon a time, there was a mostly happy ant who lived in a mostly happy sector of the universe.
The ant had everything it needed to live its happy little life – a home, plenty of sweets and other ants to love and be loved by.
Being a part of the universe was very important to [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Ant and the Universe
Posted in life experience, personal, tagged fear, fears, gratitude, life, love, parable, personal, philosophy, power, questioning, searching, things left unsaid, trust, universe on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Open Thank You Letter to the Dixie Chicks
Posted in life experience, personal, tagged Dixie Chicks, family, fear, female, gratitude, life experience, love, marriage, memories, personal, trust, truth, universe on December 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Natalie Maines.
Emily Robison.
Martie Maguire.
Three women I have never met yet who were instrumental in my survival during some dark days in my marriage and life. Their voices and words from three albums in particular – Wide Open Spaces, Fly, Home – were on constant repeat mode in my iPod with my headphones plastered to my [...]
Am I just not a good parent?
Posted in personal, tagged children, christmas, family, fear, female, gratitude, holiday, life experience, overwhelmed, parenting, questioning, writing on December 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know if it’s the holidays and my uber-high expectations of what they should be for a family, or if it is the impending financial doom my overworked and under nourished brain keep telling me I am headed for each time I swipe my debit card for yet ONE MORE gift. Or maybe I [...]