The gift-giving holiday season is upon us. About this time each year, I find myself intimately acquainted with Amazon.com, betrothed to the buying of the unique and humorous, and scouring supermarkets for silly stocking stuffers (the end caps and oddity isles have some of the best alternatives to lip gloss, ink pens, or silly putty). I usually come up with a meaningful menagerie of gifts for all of my favorite folks, and I work hard to corral a gaggle of goodies for all those good little boys …
Thankfully Pink: Part III
“Flo-ing” with Acknowledgment I believe that one of the most magical moments in our individual human existence is when we are really SEEN by another person. I’m not talking “oh, look at her…” or “did you see him?” I’m talking about the core inner self that gets acknowledged by a sister, partner, colleague, spouse, parent, child, cousin, aunt, peer, teacher, mentor, or friend, etc. I’m talking about the deep stuff. The skin-blushing, forehead-and-upper-cheek sweat-inducing kind of comment that …
Thankfully Pink – Part II
Emotional Exercise Is Key To Living Gratefully My life is too fast. I talk too fast. I move too fast. I eat too fast. I exercise too fast. I play with my daughter too fast. I kiss my husband too fast. I greet colleagues and friends with swiftness and motion. I make decisions quickly. I read and respond to email at the speed of light. My days are full of GO, GO, GO. To do otherwise is a waste of time, right? I drive 7-10 miles over the speed limit. ALWAYS. I even read fast. I type fast. I cook …
Thankfully Pink, Part 1
I’ve been in a rut the last few weeks. I’ve not been feeling especially thankful or “full of gratitude.” I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the darker and colder days that fuel my chilly mental/emotional mood, maybe it’s the (sometimes) overwhelm from starting and operating a successful business that pulls me down, maybe it’s because I’m a spoiled American who can’t see the abundance in front of her own face. There are days when I think “what’s my problem? Why can’t I get back to my ‘attitude of …
Pink-a-boo! – Boo! The Inner Ghoul…
It’s Halloween time, which always leads me to want to stop and ruminate on the spooky, the scary, and the evil that’s out to get us all! As my sister and I spent the last several days at our mom’s house, helping her mend from back surgery, we spent our evenings decompressing with ON DEMAND horror flicks. Yes, that’s right. When we need to forget about our life for a while, we turn to things like Human Centipede and Edy’s Slow Churned Ice Cream. We love to have the you-know-what scared out of …
