Did you know that there are 13 different classes of daffodils? Not me. Of course, I am familiar with the big yellow ones that come up in the early spring. We have a bunch of those that rise from the pachysandra that we have planted around the Japanese Cherry tree. These yellow beauties stand tall, and their trumpet shape seems
This phrase is all over the Internet and it just makes me laugh. At the same time, this is such a good idea. Anyone on the path to growth can be found making better bad choices. That is how each of us grows! When I think about this for myself and my clients, I see how it fits. Every bad
The other morning, I was brushing my teeth, and I remembered my sister’s story of doing the same in California. She reported that you never leave the water running while brushing your teeth. In fact, you barely wet your brush and barely rinse your brush when you finish and take a sip of water to rinse your mouth. The watertable
“Like” has become an inseparable and essential component of our modern-day conversations, be it face-to-face meetings or social media interactions. Its use of “like” has pervaded “like” all spheres and cannot be “like” ignored. Sometimes, I think of it as the return of the “seven-year locusts” but as an everyday occurrence. Do you really want to step on those things
A lovely friend of mine tells me that this was her mother’s description of her as a child. When I heard it, I laughed. I could not help myself. Then, as life often does, a fly came into my life. Traveling from Chevy Chase, MD to Tysons, VA, which is about a 35-minute drive, a fly was on the windshield
Ok. You know about Groundhog Day, right? If you grew up in the United States, you have celebrated this (or not) for years. But do you know why? This tradition has been going on for 138 years as of this February. Do you also know that it is celebrated in Canada? Right! Apparently, we are longing for spring and
I love having friends! They send you these marvelous things that you would never find on your own. I like the email messages with some small article attached or the funny pictures or the serious ones of their child’s wedding. My friends expand my world, and I so appreciate the growth. We are born connected to another person, and we
Yep. You read that right. Women were gladiators! Huge crowds came to see the gladiators. This was a well-attended sport, much like football today in that people come to see strong muscled individuals face off against each other and crash into each other and stop their opponent from advancing. Typically, just like today on the gridiron, the opponents fought a
As the snow falls, the sight is quite mesmerizing. Do you ever wonder where those flakes come from or how far they have fallen? Snow develops when the atmosphere is cold enough to form ice crystals around dust particles in the air. As the snow falls, we get entertained by the sense of floating and dancing in the air as
For those of you who are waiting to receive decision letters and have been through the rigors of applying, January is the time that college decisions get made. What factors into these decisions? In this day and age, families that can afford it have hired a college consultant to walk their adolescent through the process of reviewing colleges, writing essays,
