My Life

Changing Me – Getting Gorgeous and Giving Back

I started something new and something big for me. It’s on my ME list. This is a list I will share with you soon, because I am changing almost everything. I want to give more to myself, more to my family and more to others. And, most significantly, I want to see more people. Face to face. I want and need to step away from the screen and into the real every day that surrounds me. I want to feel good about myself, good about others and I want to Read More...

Gangnam Style is My Style Baby

This morning Amy from Selfish Mom shared a video that made my day. Maybe my week. Or my year. I saw it and LOVED it. The awesome guy is PSY, real name Park Jae-Sang. He is known for his amazing live performances and if this video is anything like his performances, well sign him up for my next party. Seriously, if I had the money this guy would be in my back yard and I would be rocking some dance moves. Yeah, because the dance moves I can do are Read More...

Hoping I Don’t Screw This Up

I am sure it is not just me. Life never gives me one thing to handle at a time. Somehow, something happens to every part of my life at the exact same time and I am left wondering how I will ever handle it. This is where you will find me now. A total mess, with way too many decisions to be made and far too much on my plate. I’m a girl who likes to be busy, but I know crazy when I see it. Right now, it’s me. Read More...

Winning Isn’t Everything

He wanted to win the coloring contest so badly. He spent hours coloring the jaguar mask that matched his favorite jaguar shirt. Watching his tiny 4 year old hand move at an excruciatingly slow pace, careful not to go out of the lines, his face getting closer and closer to the page, I wanted him to win. When he explained his color choices to me and how the red, orange and green all had meaning, I knew he had an artist inside him. I wanted him to win. When he Read More...

Don’t Ever Let it Go

Every child is an artist. I have not ever watched a child create something without my heart swelling. Within a creation there is love and passion and it is ALL good. I believe in letting children explore their creativity. I do not worry about the mess. In fact, I believe in making a mess. Art is not clean. Art is real. Art is fun. Art is messy. Art is full of possibilities. I believe that art is like life. Life is real. Life is fun. Life is messy. Life is Read More...

Then and Now. Still a bit Hip…pie.

I found myself in high school. I can honestly say that I liked the girl I was. I loved my friends. I was comfortable in my own skin. I was happy. The funny this is, I am pretty sure the big changes that happened to me were mostly environmental. I found a new environment, I decided I loved it, and my life changed. I went to boarding school in 9th grade at Northfield Mount Hermon and I adored it. It is a school in Massachusetts. It is a prep school Read More...

The Need for Constant Change

When I reflect on myself, I see a woman who resists change, who holds dearly to the things I love, who is comfortable with the way things are. A woman who loves being young and having young children. A woman who is hesitant, maybe even afraid, to let go of the present and advance into uncharted waters. I like being comfortable. I like knowing how my days will start and end. I like my life. I tell myself these things all the time. I probably even describe myself this way Read More...

Today Show, How I Miss Thee

I know what I am missing. That lovely combination of news and heart warming stories and weather and celebrities that is the Today Show. I hop on twitter to say good morning while I pop the bagels in the toaster and every day it is the same. I see Stephanie @MinkyMoo, Marinka @MarinkaNYC and Wendi @WendiAarons tweeting away about the joys and horrors and clothes and all of the awesomesauce of watching the Today Show and I cry a little inside. Why can’t that be me? Why can’t I watch big Read More...