Caged Birdby Maya Angelou A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his throat…
Yesterday was the best day of the week. Plenty of sun, fresh air, and lots of fun to be had. And since I had to drag my kids around on a few errands, I said it would be okay for them to have friends over. Yes, I’m one of those parents. Who love having my…
A friend of mine has been concerned with how the girls in her daughter’s second grade class interact with one another. Seems like there are cliques, there is exclusion, and quite a few hurt feelings. For both daughter and mom. My friend thinks second grade is too young for cliques and exclusion. While I agree…
Thanks for coming back to read Part Two of my interview with Dominique Paul, author of The Possibility of Fireflies. Yesterday, I had a chance to ask Dominique questions about her book. Today, you’ll find out some more about her book, how she got her break into screenwriting and the movies, and her advice for…
For this Inspiration Monday, I thought it’d be fun sharing a recent interview I had with Dominique Paul, author and director of a movie based on her first book, The Possibility of Fireflies. Dominique was incredibly gracious with her time and answered every one of my numerous questions with quite a bit of thought. First,…
By now, most of you should have your mission statement written down. The deadline for submitting your mission statement to me for the What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail? Mission Statement Challenge is this Wednesday, April 18th at 9pm, EST. You can add your mission statement to the comments, post…
I discovered Dr. Seuss’s book, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, when it first came out in the early 1990’s. I love this book. It mixes enthusiastic cheers for those days when you are so on, soothing whispers of encouragement for the really bad days, and the what are you gonna do about it attitude for…
Here’s my challenge to you for this Rejection Mope-jection Monday. Think about your dreams with the key focus being: What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail? Create your own Mission Statement and be as specific as you can. Identify the who, what, where, when and how, if possible. While it’s certainly…
My lovely eight year old is a force to be reckoned with. All my kids are persistent, but this little girl has it down to a science. Because. She is quite the visual young girl and has her eye on the big picture. It doesn’t matter whether my little girl is figuring out what to…
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