My Favorite Way to Celebrate New Steps

My Favorite Way to Celebrate New Steps

My Favorite Way to Celebrate New Steps What does September mean to you? September makes me remember the frisson of excitement – and nervousness – for school to begin. New pencils, new shoes, new teacher. Even in college and grad school, September meant change,...
Journal with Me: Remembering A Special Person

Journal with Me: Remembering A Special Person

Last week I suggested you write a letter as a gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, or to mark a milestone like a graduation or a special birthday. Sometimes it’s hard to get started. Tapping into your senses and writing a list of all you remember about a person...
How to Celebrate Missed Milestones

How to Celebrate Missed Milestones

A little over a year ago my eldest “graduated” from graduate school, but there was no graduation then. Graduation was moved to September, but that didn’t happen either. Now my youngest is graduating from college, a milestone that I’d hoped I wouldn’t miss, but only...
What I Really Want for My Birthday

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...
How to Embrace Graduation as an End and Beginning

How to Embrace Graduation as an End and Beginning

In the past nine years my three kids have collectively graduated from three high schools and two colleges. Next year there’s another graduation, and the year after another. Wow that’s a lot of celebrating. These moments involve transition and change, which is exciting...

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