Perfect Moment Monday: Indulgences

Perfect Moment Monday is more about noticing a perfect moment than about creating one. Perfect moments are just waiting to be observed, and can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. We gather here once a week to engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world, if only for a, well, a moment. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at the

Firsts and wishes

It's the first moments of the first day of the first month of the new year. (Duh.) I dedicate this time of firsts to the first blogger I read, the first person I tweeted, the first person to win Lori's Childhood Trivia, the first person to draw me in MS Paint. If you're an ALI blogger or reader, chances are that Melissa is also one of your firsts. Her Stirrup Queens is the hub of the Adoption/

Perfect Moment Monday: less is more

Perfect Moment Monday is more about noticing a perfect moment than about creating one. Perfect moments are just waiting to be observed, and can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. We gather here once a week to engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world, if only for a, well, a moment. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at the

Peace big and small

A child asked at bedtime, "Mommy why is there war? Why can't there be peace in the world?" "Well, to have peace in the world, we need peace in our country. "To have peace in our country, we must have peace in our city. "To have peace in our city, we must have peace in our neighborhood. "To have peace in our neighborhood we must have peace in our home. "To have peace in our homes we must

De-hyping Christmas

All I wanted for Christmas that year was the fashion show stage on which to perch my Dawn doll. And I got it. And a ton of other stuff, too. Christmas at my childhood home was always a little out of control, and these days, it's a veritable orgy (my parents still live in the same house and now have 6 grandchildren). Which is not necessarily a good thing. Here's what I remember about