My friend Wendi used to make the best chicken soup with matza balls. It always makes me think of her when I make it. Before we met, I didn’t even know what a matzo ball was. How I lived my whole life having never experienced the ultimate comfort of matzo ball soup is crazy andContinue reading “Soul soothing Chicken soup”
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Just five?
List your top 5 grocery store items. Vegetables and fruit, butter and olive oil , cream and coffee, grass fed meat and fish, spices Five itiems do not a grocery list make. Even as categories, I couldn’t choose that sparsely. One thing we don’t buy at a grocery store anymore is bread. Bread these days,Continue reading “Just five?”
Impact
Describe positively in your life. On this, the shortest day of the year, the longest darkest night of the winter. The day and night which proceed the beginning of going towards more daylight and less darkness. On this special magical day, so many long years ago, I became a mother. My daughter arrived nearly threeContinue reading “Impact”
Not pictured
(I found this post in my drafts file. I thought it was already published long ago. I find it interesting all that’s happened since I wrote this) My life is again not what I pictured one year ago. Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? Ha! No. I’m in one of thoseContinue reading “Not pictured”
Lessons Learned
What skills or lessons have you learned recently? Regulation This has been a good year to learn and relearn different ways to re regulate. Understanding that I won’t ever stay in a state of regulation is a helpful lesson. It’s bad enough to land in a state of dysregulation, but getting upset over being inContinue reading “Lessons Learned”
So close, but
What cities do you want to visit? I might want an Elf day in NYC. I have this wistful thought for a like minded friend to share a train ito the city with. To visit the MOMA and have lunch at a cozy cool restaurant in SoHo. To check out art whereever it’s up andContinue reading “So close, but”
Holiday Cookie saga
Is everyone baking their holiday favorites? Are your mom’s cookies something you wait all year for? Are your family’s recipes the best? Ours are! I hope yours are too! I love cookies. I’ve always been a fan of holiday baking. Maybe it’s the variety, maybe it’s the specialness of a once a year treat. MaybeContinue reading “Holiday Cookie saga”
My hope
Tell us one thing you hope people say about you. I hope I don’t care what people say about me. Is this a trick question? I’ve been trying to learn the art of not caring for a while now! I’m being tested daily and it’s still hard. I try every day to be a goodContinue reading “My hope”
Not my thing
Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? Yeah, enough to know it’s not my jam I’m not a performer in any sense of the word. Im terrible at pretending to be any other way than how I am. If only I had that gift… What you see is what you get. CorrespondingContinue reading “Not my thing”
Walking and yoga
Easier answer ever What are your favorite physical activities or exercises?