Tag: change
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The Bearded Shepherd
Spanish moss hangs from our beautiful tree, bearding it like an old man, making it appear wise and gracious with age. I don’t like the moss. It doesn’t really kill the tree, or so I’m told. It’s not parasitic but an epiphyte that absorbs nutrients and water through its own leaves. It may slow down…
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On The Road–Again
They’re becoming world travelers. Our daughter and her husband have business meetings in Spain. Rather than leaving the kids with us or others, they opted for bringing them along, to experience a new country and culture, and to learn how to adapt to what is different, like language, food, and expectations. The issue is getting…
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What’s New About A New Year?
With the new year here, so many of us long for a fresh start, a new take on our old lives. We all have regrets about what we’ve done in the past, things that we weren’t proud of. We seek to make resolutions to provide a valid focus for what we want our lives to…
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Curious Rites Of Passage
Change constantly happens. In today’s vernacular, as children grow and experience spurts of learning and change, they go through what’s known as leaps, as indicated by the app, Wonder Weeks. They help you recognize that new behavior isn’t merely problematic; something is happening physiologically and mentally to help the baby grow. It doesn’t stop with…
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The Change Train Is Moving
I knew they’d have to do it eventually. I didn’t want them to. Cal, at four, had a head full of fun curls. He’d gotten trims in his brief life, but no one had been tempted to rid him of his curly locks. It did need to happen. He struggled with seeing because of the…
Tip of My Iceberg 