Speaking up Trumps Shutting Down
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel I’m voting for Donald Trump. There, I said it. And, believe it or not, this is not a political blog post. It’s a personal one, as well as the only one I could make sense of this week. The other post I tried to write during the wee hours after the Republican National...
Living Out Loud
“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” Emile Zola “Mammy, stop talking, okay? Look at Lalaloopsy,” said Claire, my nearly three-year-old granddaughter. She held up one hand to interrupt me, while the other was on her hip right before she reached for her baby doll. This was in response...
What If I Fly?
“What if I fail? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” Erin Hanson Since my ballet and clogging days, I’d wanted to dance upfront one more time. Teaching Zumba seemed a low stress way until my classes filled up. It’s not like I packed in hundreds of people, but the more students who came, the more pressure I felt to keep them coming. When the...
When I’m Not Bouncing, I’m Yo-Yoing (a post about emotions)
“When you’re happy, you enjoy the music. But when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.” Frank Ocean My husband John and I rode for what seemed like a long time, even though probably only 15 minutes, in the opposite direction of Claire’s mom while Claire (our almost three-year-old granddaughter) cried, kicked the back of the driver’s seat,...
Finding Ourselves in The Struggle (while looking for “the thing” that works)
“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Jacob Riis You likely have friends like mine who jump on the latest, greatest, and fastest...
Ditching Distractions for Life
“You can always find a distraction if you’re looking for one.” Tom Kite In fact, sometimes distractions find us. Since writing my blog post from two weeks ago, the one about avoiding my writing (“Are You Hungry for #GettingYourOwnLife?”), I do believe I’ve avoided it even more. Or maybe I'm just noticing it more. No, wait, it's for real...
Are You Hungry for #GettingYourOwnLife? (cut out distractions)
“Starve your distractions. Feed your focus.” Unknown Distractions are not all bad. In fact, some are good and necessary. Here’s proof. Definition of distraction: a diversion or recreation. Synonyms: amusement, entertainment, diversion, recreation, leisure pursuit. A second definition shines a less positive light: a thing that prevents someone...
Hi, I’m Kim.
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