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Turn signals.

This little family is making that turn towards home. You know the route, right? It’s been a long trip and you’re tired. The car smells of old food and a little sweat, and you stopped caring three stops ago about keeping things organized or clean. Instead, in a fatigue-driven sense of exasperation, you just decided,Continue reading “Turn signals.”

New normal.

So, it’s decided. Next year is a “new normal” year. On a long walk yesterday morning with the sun just peaking through, we gave ourselves a gift we’ve needed for the past decade: time. As I wrote about yesterday, we plan to finish our deck this summer and fall. We have a few weekends betweenContinue reading “New normal.”

The slow burn of joy…

I keep swearing off my mini-epiphanies and then having another one. It’s become a bit of a cycle for me and if I’m at all self-honest, I recognize and don’t really attempt to stop the pattern. But I’ll also defend myself because ultimately isn’t understanding life what we’re all trying to do in the randomContinue reading “The slow burn of joy…”

Aunt Betty style…

When we were kids, we took a two-week family vacation each year, usually in August. The first week, we went to my Uncle George and Aunt Betty’s home in midland South Carolina. The second week we would spend at Myrtle Beach. I was young enough then and old enough now that I don’t remember everything.Continue reading “Aunt Betty style…”

Stuck together like glue…

So, it’s been a week. In fact, it feels like six and not just one. We occasionally saw an ant or two in the house this spring. Nothing big, just one every few days. But just one is a problem, honestly. Plus, we were seeing them in an unusual place. Not the kitchen or bathrooms.Continue reading “Stuck together like glue…”

So, what is a best life????

This morning, it was me, myself and… Twister? Yep. My big guy went on walkabout this morning. He loves his morning walks. He checked out the new concrete piers for the deck, inspected the mulching job in my perennial gardens, took a gander in the woodshed at the firewood we stacked over the weekend andContinue reading “So, what is a best life????”

Four days, four weeks and four months…

I have the next four days off. And by “off”, I mean “look at your email only occasionally.” (Hi, my name is Gail. I’m a workaholic and a responsibility junkie.) Yep, I admit it, I’m just a little bit obsessive about email and work. But, for four days, I need to let work go andContinue reading “Four days, four weeks and four months…”

Strategically planning…

Last night, we held the first ever Family Strategic Planning Session. It may have been somewhat prompted by my doing strategic planning for a client, but our purpose was clear: this little family needed to build a life we didn’t have to escape from. And if we were going to do that? Well, we neededContinue reading “Strategically planning…”