Mother. Writer. Aging Rebel. Eternal Optimist
From the category archives:
There’s been a bit of talk about kindness in the blogasphere lately. Mark Hayward of My Tropical Escape is talking about how kindness can make the world a better place at Zen Habits and Al at 7P Productions generated a great discussion about the same topic last week with “Why should I help you?”.
If you [...]
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I got this inspirational tale in an email recently and I wanted to share it with you because I believe it perfectly encapsulates a basic principle of life that I try to remember whenever I am struggling, or feeling let down or neglected by others.
What you give out you get back
Long ago in a [...]
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If you’re a regular reader, click HERE for my SHE-POWER Birthday post.
If you’ve come from Liz Strauss’ Blog to Show showcase then
Welcome to SHE-POWER.
My name’s Kelly and you’ve come at the perfect time because I’m celebrating my 1 Year Blogging Anniversary, so read on to see where all the kooky and cool kids hang out.
SHE-POWER [...]
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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
- John Lennon, Singer, Songwriter, Legend (1940 - 1980)
Hi all, just wanted you to know we arrived home safe and sound. The 22 hour plane flight home was FANTASTIC. No really, just great! I’d happily do it again tomorrow.
NOT!
The jet-lag seems to [...]
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The time has come. In about 15 hours I will be getting on a plane to Barcelona, Spain. Excuse me while I let out a high pitched squeal of excitement. But I can’t believe after weeks of planning and waiting that this holiday has finally arrived.
I don’t think I talked about it at the time, [...]
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When I started SHE-POWER Women with the beautiful Jemi, I always had in mind that I would do a partner interview series of SHE-POWER Men.
Like the women’s interview series, SHE-POWER Men is about celebrating ordinary men who live their lives in extraordinary, yet simple ways. Men who like and respect women. Men who strive to [...]
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Sunday was Mothers Day in Australia, and I had the opportunity to revel in some well earned spoiling from my husband and son. I got to sleep in, had coffee in bed, feasted on pancakes for breakfast, and my gorgeous husband made Indian for me, my mom and stepfather that night.
Mothers Day used to be [...]
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“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
- Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman and Nobel Prize Winner
Just wanted to let you all know that SHE-POWER has been having some major server issues. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement; if you checked the site 8-20 hours [...]
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“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”
- Angela Schwindt, Teacher and Author
Happy Birthday to my beautiful boy: 4 years old today
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Today, I had a most unproductive day. Last night I wrote out a list of what I wanted to achieve today and the only item I managed to cross off was number 4 on the list: spend quality one-on-one time with Bunny (my son).
We cuddled and watched cartoons. We did puzzles and read books. We [...]
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