Kindness is an expression of simplicity. It costs us nothing to offer a genuine smile, warm greeting, or heartfelt thanks. Here is a list of 10 simple acts of kindness you can perform on any given day: Offer to return someone’s cart to the corral after they have loaded their groceries. Ask your cashier, waitress, […]
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26 Steps to Simplicity: Donate
I hope you have amassed several bags and boxes of culled items from yesterday’s post in our Blogging from A to Z Challenge. At our house, we are tearing up the concrete floor in our basement today in preparation for a second bathroom. Last night, I went through all of our art/craft supplies and reduced […]
26 Steps to Simplicity: Cull
Today, in our Blogging from A to Z Challenge, we are going to begin the hard work of simplifying. Beginning in your room from day one, we are going to cull the clutter. Clutter is a Verb What is clutter anyway? Interestingly, we often refer to clutter as a noun or an entity, which it […]
26 Steps to Simplicity: Beauty
Welcome back for day two in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Today, we are talking about Beauty. I’m sure you are familiar with some of the following quotes: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be […]
Symptoms and Solutions for Perimenopause
In my previous post, I shared my personal experience of entering into perimenopause. Today, I will give you a more objective, comprehensive list of symptoms and side effects, along with some great resources to help you navigate through “the change.” There are several signs which point to the onset of perimenopause, which was defined in […]
Valentine’s Day: Not Just a Romantic Holiday
Over the years, I have developed a tender affection for Valentine’s Day. As a child, this day was marked by the painstaking effort of producing valentines for my fellow classmates, accompanied by the fear of rejection that would come if there were no reciprocal valentines in my own poorly decorated box. (Back in my day, […]
Praying for Peace in the Midst of Pain
Crohn’s Yesterday, we found out that our son has Crohn’s disease. He’s 10 years old. Too young to face a life sentence, which is essentially what Crohn’s is: an incurable auto-immune disease which attacks the good bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, causing chronic inflammation. During his colonoscopy, his small intestine was so inflamed that the […]
“Sharing is Caring”
You may have seen this quote at the end of a blog post, by the social media sharing icons. If you came to my house, you’d hear it recited among my children as they try to weasel a toy from an unwilling sibling. In truth, though, sharing is an expression of caring for others, and […]