I’m not going to lie, I feel a little bad for November.  It’s such a great month, it should be allowed to stand on its own. It’s a cornucopia of love, gratitude and thankfulness and it never complains about December.  You know what I am talking about. December just can’t be happy with its own…

Blogger’s note: Please see our updated views based on reference to Rachel Hollis. I have shared this idiosyncracy with you before but for the new arrivals: I love words. And I love words so much that when I ponder words I often like to look up their Latin or Greek root because, let’s be honest,…

Discipline leads to habits and habits are basically activities that have momentum. But I think where we get misled is that we believe at some point our good, healthy habits will be so effectively on autopilot that we’ll never have to choose. That we’ll always be motivated. We believe there is an end to the…

I saw this post recently and at first I laughed, thinking of how true it was for “other people” you know since I am all evolved and prancing around in pristine perfection. Then, I thought, how many times in my life have I missed that I have all the ingredients, everything I need, but I’m…

There’s a collective understanding that many children have a fascination with ponies. In fact, there’s this idea that requesting a pony for your birthday is a common, albeit unrealistic, request. And since the truth is none of us ever fully grow up, we kinda want ponies for our birthdays when we are above the age…

This weekend was a whirlwind. Many of those near and dear gathered in Nashville for a bridal shower celebrating the upcoming nuptials of my niece (Lowi’s daughter) Sydney. My sister and nieces put on an amazing tea party fit to meet the wildest of little girl dreams. But I will save that for Lowi to…