handwritten on January 22, 2019
I do enjoy an adventure, a break from routine or something newly discovered. However, if we are honest with ourselves, we enjoy adventures that look a certain way, go certain places, contain certain smells and sounds and people. This morning, I had this new energy driving my car. My shoulders were relaxed, it was a two-hour delay schedule. I jumped into my blue car, turned it on, waited for the windows to defrost, and I was on my merry way. I chuckled to myself because it was a perfect driving climate-literally no one was on the road. In fact, outside was so silent that you could actually hear ice crackling from the branches and window panes. It was like listening to a mixed tape of winter...
handwritten on January 21, 2019
There has always been the saying that goes like this, "Actions are louder than words." I do think I used to believe this quote without thinking until I realized that a true leader and a mentor use their words to promote both action and silence as well as power or tranquility. A word lover myself, I used to find myself contemplating gradiose quotes and then realizing they meant nothing if I did not seek to apply them. But sometimes I do think that the words we speak on paper first we begin to believe and muster up the courage to transform into breathing souls of life. But only sometimes-if our heart is in the right place are we able to give those words a chance to run.
Perhaps this has...
handwritten on January 20, 2019
A few months ago, I had read a post from one of my former students (now in middle school) and his mother who had gone to see a movie. This movie had left them both speechless-their eyes filled with tears. It had been a book that had turned into a movie entitled The Hate You Give. According to them, the movie had done the book justice. Immedietely when my husband and myself both watched the trailer, we knew what kind of feelings it would bring about, but we agreed that based on our society we are living in right now, it deserved a watch and a discussion.
It has been a long time since I have seen a movie that brings about not only raw emotions, but necessary discussions about race and...
handwritten on January 19, 2019
I think I have thought much about searching for whimsy outside my own heart but have failed to realize that we all have our own personal whimsies to be thankful for.
As my husband and myself were cooking dinner Saturday night, he stopped for a moment and said, "You know, I haven't thought about it for a while, but the two of us standing side by side in this kitchen is my favorite whimsy of all." And for those of you who do not know our story of whimsy, I agree that this, too among all the other remarkable moments of life remains my favorite personal whimsy as well. The way in which our lives came to intersect is all the proof one needs to believe in the "do part of faith" and the...
handwritten on January 18, 2019
For as long as I can remember (probably started sometime during high school) I have been fascinated- or perhaps a stronger word is needed-obsessed with the Hallmark Channel. For many, Hallmark is the stereotypical definition of what it means to embrace whimsy, whimsy in love and whimsy in season. Which ironically, creates a sense of hatred. "You watch THAT?" I've been scoffed at many times by old and young alike. To which I always reply, "I've always had an old soul." And with a smile, I usually continue on my way.
I've contemplated many times whether or not The Hallmark Channel has in fact been damaging to my perception of whimsy. However, unlike many who are snap chatting and texting and...
