by Kit | Feb 19, 2019 | On Living, On Loveliness, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely, Worthy of Praise
Choose joy,” they say. But how? My friend Erik just marked a bittersweet anniversary, a decade passed since a snowboarding accident left him paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair. Yesterday Erik wrote this: “It was ten years ago today that I lost my ability to...
by Kit | Sep 11, 2018 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, Think About these Things
Against my better sense, I open the email. Our local community college is pitching a continuing education class called Pine Needle Basketry. This strikes me funny, and I do an internal eye-roll. Ha! That will be the day. And I direct my forefinger toward the delete...
by Kit | Jun 26, 2018 | On Downsizing, On Empty-Nesting, On Living, Think About these Things
{This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read Part 1, Someday Is Today, here.} On the other side of my window, there’s a whole lotta squeaking going on. Inside the old Aspens, in nests stacked like condos, mini-mouths need feeding. An army of dark-feathered...
by Kit | Apr 9, 2018 | On Living, Think About these Things
The dermatologist rolls right up to me on her stool so we’re knee to knee. Her voice is tender. “Tell me what’s been going on with your hands.” Out of nowhere my tears press; I hadn’t realized my emotions were so close to the surface. I...
by Kit | Jan 9, 2018 | On Living, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
Last week as I closed the chapter titled 2017, I clearly remembered its mayhem. But could I also remember its miracles? Could you? [hr] If, come next December 31st, you are able to recall 52 blessings from the year, how might that change your perspective, deepen your...