We like it when life makes sense, when events connect like corner puzzle pieces. We prefer it when there is no room for ambiguity. We so want order and meaning that sometimes we unconsciously make it up, we fill in the holes with interpretation and speculation because having an answer, any answer, puts us at…
Category: Life Lesson
Life Lesson: Paradise City?
There is a time that comes around once a year that I dread. No, it’s not my birthday. I rather loathe going to the gynecologist. Let’s be honest, there is nothing about that visit that you could remotely consider comfortable or routine. My doctor is great. She’s a good listener, kind and does her best to…
Life Lesson: Just Add Seasoning
After a string of up-all-night, and up-most-of-the-night experiences I tapped out of the ring. I confessed to my mom I was a third-stringer in this game of caregiving. “I am not seasoned like you,” I told her. She quickly replied with, “Raising three girls will season you!” Think that was a shot at how tough we…
Life Lesson: Wear Headphones
If you are an avid reader of Lowi & G you know that I make fast friends. You also know that air travel can facilitate these friendships. Well, this week I learned that sometimes headphones are better than making friends while flying across the country. In order to save time, sanity, and my own dignity…
Life Lesson: On An Ordinary Day
What does an ordinary day look like? I have a hankering for an ordinary day. I am lonesome for a regular, run-of-the-mill 24 hours. But the more I’ve been wanting a day like this, the more I am realizing that many of my ordinary days are mindless, mundane and, to some extent, I am a disengaged…
Life Lessons: What Would Lorelai Do?
You know when you are in the middle of a great book and you just want to keep reading for hours upon hours, but you know it will end so you sometimes put it down and walk away to make the time last longer? Me neither. I devour those darn books. Well, this is exactly…
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