Journal with Me: Are You the Creative Type?
Are you creative? What’s the first thing that comes to mind when I ask that? The short answer is you, as a human, are creative, but sometimes we don’t even realize our own creativity. Famous poet Maya Angelo said “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use,...
What I Really Want for My Birthday
My birthday is coming up and it’s a “big” one. I’m turning 60. My younger friends ask how I feel about that. Since I love my birthday, I’m happy. I’ll be in Wellfleet where I’ve spent almost all of my “big” birthdays – 5, 10, 18, 21, 30, 40, 50 and now 60. My older...
Journal with Me: What’s Fun? How do you play?
When I was a kid, I loved to play with my sister, Lisa. She was just one year younger than me, so we were practically twins. We’d make up elaborate games using marbles or our troll dolls or even with blankets, jump ropes and our parents’ furniture. We’d create entire...
Journal with Me: Silly Stories
Yesterday was July 4th and I was so lucky to have all three kids home with my husband and me. They are all in their 20’s with busy lives, so being all together is rare. It was fun hanging around, relaxing but also doing some of our family’s favorite activities....