tiny moments (and everything in between)
this time of year always has me feeling quiet. it's not as if i'm not busy and it's not as if my to-do list has gotten any shorter. but i move into a stillness. even on a morning like today, when i've practiced yoga, run to the grocery store, done 2 loads of laundry, and been … Continue reading catching stories
gratitude… the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness tossled hair and early morning light a day that was quiet and slow {and needed, with two kids coughing and sniffing}...the smells and tastes of cinnamon rolls and sourdough bread...feeling nourished on so many levels reading to the kids...bodies leaning … Continue reading gratitude week :: day two
this week, i'm sharing a week-long journey of intention setting with some pretty lovely women. and, so naturally, things like intention and practice are on my mind. today, i shared with those gathered in the group how i love the word practice. not practice makes perfect, but rather practice as engaging consistently in an act … Continue reading the practice of life
feeling all kinds of vulnerable lately. and trying to keep my head on straight and my heart wide open. i normally love this time of year as the warm weather shifts into cooler temperatures, as new school rhythms fall into place. and, while i'm enjoying the seasonal changes, the rhythm part is really getting me … Continue reading vulnerable
sometimes i forget and i need a delicate sprinkle of tiny whispers to remind me to begin again flipping through my journal yesterday, i came to these words which i wrote back in june. and i thought to myself, yes. i know this is my lesson right now...to show up in my life, moving from … Continue reading a tiny whisper {for you}
sometimes i let things build in my mind. i create stories that are not reality. sometimes this is beautiful and sometimes this is a real barrier. sometimes i tend to tasks immediately. sometimes i let them sit for days, weeks, months, years. {yes, years} i dislike this tendency of mine. and i know it's completely … Continue reading a mantra
i was on the treadmill yesterday afternoon...a spur-of-the-moment, twenty-minute run. yep, just twenty minutes. so two minutes in, i thought about how much i dislike running. but i kept going. when i got to five minutes, i considered the fact that i simply had to do what i had already done three more times. that's … Continue reading we have the time
and just like that, with one final click, i now have an etsy shop. it is small, modest, a beginning...but i finally got my act together. sketched, scanned, filed paperwork. and there you go. it's not hard, any of it. but i had to show up. i had to do the work, because it was … Continue reading one click
Michelle GD 