"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard With the thoughts of Mother's Day coming up, I've been having a lot of family- oriented thoughts along with it. So, because I love my family so…
Lifestyle- Lessons and Thoughts
St. Francis and I are tight
I am an animal lover. Let me rephrase, I have compassion for all things that breathe. I came to the conclusion the other day that my obsession with cute fuzzy things has taken on a whole new level- to species that aren't necessarily cute and fuzzy- CRAZY! Okay, it isn't really crazy, but I…
Out of the Night
I do not know how many of you are aware that tonight is the event "Cover the Night" in reference to the awareness raising for Joseph Kony. I had written a brief little blog on it a few weeks ago, and even though I am not actively participating in this event, it…
For the love of words
I had the enormous pleasure of meeting my first ever, real, live, famous author last weekend. So famous and noteworthy that she has a work in the Oxford Book of American Short Stories (yes thats a big deal, and yes I am a nerd). Her name is Leslie Marmon Silko and it was my first…
Another Poem…
Thanks to my Creative Writing class I am being introduced to a lot of poems. While I'll admit the only poem that truly has a soft spot in my heart is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost- I have run across some that are just as good (I recently found out Robert Frost is…
Pulsating Life
Some of you may or may not know, but I have had a family member recently undergo a heart transplant. Without it, he would not have a future. So, with my family very focused on this surgery, I started to think (go figure 🙂 ) I started to think about this slightly unimaginable act. He…
Technology vs. Simplicity
For those of you who don't know, this Christmas break has been quite challenging for me as far as technology goes. First, I had my laptop worked on for what I thought would only take a few days- it ended up taking a few weeks. Now this wouldn't have been bad but then I lost my…
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A wise man once said, "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love." (yeah that's right, I quoted Dumbledore- but seriously how can you not love Dumbledore?) I really don't know how to begin this. It is quite difficult really. You see, what I would like…
Pleasing People
"It is only by risking ourselves from one hour to another that we live at all." -William James I am without a doubt one of the hugest people pleasers that could possibly exist. I hate friction/conflict. I will go to great lengths to sacrifice how I really feel to make sure other people are happy…
The grass is only as green as you make it
I recently had a developmental psych class that talked about impact bias. The definition of impact bias is the tendency for people to overestimate how a certain event will effect how they feel. For instance, if something bad happens, we automatically think it will have devastating effects and make us miserable. Or if something good…
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Simply & Softly 