Allowing space and time to embrace “I don’t know”

While cleaning my office this morning I found an old journal called Gratitude: A Journal. It actually says that on its salmon-colored cover and spine. According to the first entry, I got it in July 2009—and as I now recall, I got one for me, one for my mom, and one...

Receiving time

I’m at Office Nomads coworking space today, joining others for an hour of “free writing time.” We came together, shut off the email, the Internet, the phone, and the iPad to just write. The folks at the table around me haven’t been finding enough time in their days to...

Finding stillness in real life

Eva moved in on March 27. So cute! So fun! So wonderful! Expectations, meet 8-week-old puppy. Prepare to be dashed. Eva likes to flip her food bowl upside down, scattering food across the room, most of it ending up under the heavy kitchen appliances. She likes to...