Anyone that knows me knows how much I value my family. As an only child, I’m very close to my parents, and as the only “only” in my huge family, I was very close to my cousins growing up, and to all of my aunts and uncles. Moving away from my home state of Louisiana [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
Remind yourself what you deserve
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, friends, relationships, reminders, respect, self on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When we are feeling rejected by someone or something, it’s easy to get down on ourselves and come up with all the reasons why it happened to us. It’s easy to try to rationalize someone else’s actions or decisions or find ways to defend them, even if they hurt us. It’s also common for us [...]
Another goodbye to another brother
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brothers, corgis, death, family, pets on May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This post was supposed to be about my trip to Costa Rica. That changed when I talked to my mom yesterday morning and I learned that Harrison, my ailing 13-year-old dog, had been put to sleep while I was away. For months I had been dreading the news. Maybe I had been dreading it ever [...]
Remembering what’s important
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, end of year, family, holiday, love, together, traditions on December 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Just three days before Christmas, everything is about peace and love and family and the true meaning of this holiday that has become so commercialized and in many instances, has lost its true meaning. Over the years, my family has slowly moved from all the traditional pieces of celebrating Christmas: we stopped putting out the [...]
Me & My Shadow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged corgis, death, dogs, family, memories, puppies on September 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One year ago today, my sweet little Casey had to be put down because lung cancer had suddenly filled his chest, robbing him of breath and comfort. One year ago (and it was on a Sunday), I was milling around the arts booths at Adam’s Morgan Day with some friends, enjoying the weather, the sights, [...]
Engaging with your supporters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, dialogue, family, friends, nonprofit, relationships, supporters on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In my job, we’re always thinking about how to serve our constituents, our supporters, our donors, our followers, and fans, partners, and champions. That means we frequently “engage with our supporters” which means wonky non-profit type stuff like “creating a dialogue,” “providing a platform for community-building,” “raising awareness,” and “reporting back.” We tell our people [...]
Making the big elephant in the room smaller
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apologies, breakthrough, elephant, family, talking on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are always the conversations that we know we should have, but don’t want to. Usually it’s because we’re afraid of hurting someone, or getting hurt ourselves. Even the people who never shy away from a challenge or a confrontation or an opportunity to speak the truth can find it hard to avoid the 500 [...]
These things are the wonderful things…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bonfires, Christmas, family, holidays, memories, traditions on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
…we’ll remember all through our lives. So goes a verse in the Carpenters’ Christmas classic, “Sleigh Ride.” This song will be playing while my parents and I drag up the big plastic containers with red and green lids from the basement that snugly hold our universe of Christmas decorations. We’ll pick and choose from the [...]
Through the bad…the good shines through
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged corgis, death, dogs, family, life on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A week ago at this time I was sobbing on my bed, curled into a ball, hugging my stuffed Casey, after hearing from my mom that the real Casey, my corgi, was gone forever. This afternoon, football is on the TV and my boyfriend is laying on the bed while I type, his presence alone [...]
Yeah… you’re right!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bad days, family, friends, life on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes there are those days where nothing seems to be going right. We get some bad news, we get in a fight with someone we love, get reprimanded by the boss, or we’re late to an appointment because of traffic. Last week I had almost an entire week of that. I had the weird medical [...]
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