Lessons Learned from a Two-Year-Old
In celebration of my son David’s birthday today, I wanted share a couple of my favorite stories from his childhood (and important lessons learned along the way). Enjoy! Anybody who…
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50 Life Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way
Knowledge gained through trial and error may be the hardest earned, but it’s usually the longest remembered. Last year I posted 7 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from My Husband, so…
What Spiders Know that Moms Forget
Moms are amazing. They birth babies. They make milk. They keep their household humming. But spiders are pretty savvy, too. They spin silk. They weave webs. They provide for public…
Always Tip Your Waiter Well
What follows is the fifth (and long overdue) installment in a series I started late last summer called “7 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from my Husband.” It’s an important one,…
Perfectionism Is a Trap
My father was a general contractor. He was also a perfectionist — not a perfectionist about everything, mind you, but certainly a perfectionist about his work. When Daddy did a…
9 Benefits of Reading Fiction
For as long as I can remember, I have preferred reading non-fiction to fiction. When frequenting libraries and bookstores in bygone years, I’d push my way past anything with a…