Category Archives: Life Lessons
And they were lucky girls, lucky to have one another in a life made for singing about bicycles built for two.
“Do you feel like switching today?” she asks me. “No Duhhhhh. I always feel like switching, Silly.” Together we reach our hands over each other’s heads and pull off the imaginary helmets of hair, like oxygen-starved astronauts devouring air for … Continue reading
Filed under Best Friends, Life Lessons, Live with intention, Uncategorized
23 Candles: A handful of pearls from the 22 women who took my 22nd year and grew it into something Memorable.
I have never been good with birthdays. They make me squeamish. A little queasy. I really should be donning a crown and beating the pulp out a watermelon pinata but really I am always left wondering if I have packed … Continue reading
Filed under Best Friends, Happiness, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
But I knew instantly, as patches of goosebumps took up residence all over my knees and shoulders, that one of the loveliest feelings must be waking up to find yourself Phoebe.
I began counting on fingers and toes the number of people who might question me if I legally changed my name to Phoebe. Oh, it’s just the writer in her, some might say. That’s a cute little phase. Let her … Continue reading
Filed under Life Lessons, Love Is..., Uncategorized
Life becomes a true teacher the second we stop counting grades and getting A’s: Things I know to be true.
If I had not been clinging to the act of “fitting in” throughout the fifth grade, I would have known much sooner that it is perfectly normal to adore the boy in school that everyone else thinks is strange. Even if the … Continue reading
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I am on a mission to spin clichés into a whole new context right before your eyes. Spin them finer than a web made by Charlotte. Spin them tighter than a track laid down by Drake.
I reached my hand into the fish bowl full of “Buddy the Elf Meets Martha Stewart” clichés this morning, the very jar that sits on my bedside table, and pulled out “people should smile more.” What a fine cliché for … Continue reading
Filed under For a Better World, Happiness, Life Lessons, Simply Living
Dear 2011, We have our Bright Yellow Knickers on and we are coming right at ya….
It would be too simple to cast the blame on my mother for this holiday season’s most embarrassing moment. Far Too Simple. So I am opting to blame Venezuela instead. That’s right, Venezuela. I’m not so fooled by you, sitting so … Continue reading
Filed under Holidays, Humanity, Life Lessons, Love Yourself, Simply Living
One day I will be able to say to my Little Ones: “This is how your Mommy came to write 207 Love Letters to 207 Strangers”
We sat in over-sized Alice chairs admiring the spouts of our teapots, appropriately short and stout, as they poured a sweet elixir into the bottom of our antique cups. We clinked our tea cups together and we made a toast. … Continue reading
Filed under Humanity, Life Lessons, Loneliness, Love Letters, Love Yourself, Thank You, Uncategorized
Let’s Turn Our Lives into A Christmas Carol that the World Just Itches to Hear A Single Note of.
So I have been on Facebook for the past half hour and it is official. Facebook Official, if you will call it that. There is no way to defriend your own self on Facebook. Come on Mark Zuckerberg, how did … Continue reading
Filed under Big City, Big Dreams, Happiness, Life Lessons, Love Is..., Love Letters, Uncategorized
