Dear Vidur, Would you believe it if I told you that there used to be a time when I used to be afraid to speak up? Almost until I was ten, I used to be a little shy. It isn’t as though I wouldn’t interact with others. Yet, when it came…
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Dear Vidur I begin this letter today with gratitude – I appreciate it very much when you tell me you enjoyed the day’s letter to you. It fills me with happiness and a sense of accomplishment. The word for today just jumped out at me: Grow. This applies to everyone, every…
If you can dream it you can do it Walt Disney Dear Vidur I actually wanted to pick the word “Do” but after Attempt, I thought “Dream” would be a better idea. You know, when I was around your age, I was almost conditioned to accept my lot and be content…
Dear Vidur, Isn’t it funny we have never exchanged letters? Not surprising. Unless you count our emails, which are usually acknowledgments and mostly love, hugs and thank yous. I surprised myself by wanting to stick with a theme for this year’s A to Z Challenge and I am pretty sure it…
I am privileged to write this post on practising compassion in parenting for #1000Speak and Finish the Sentence Friday hosted by Kristi Rieger Campbell of Finding Ninee. Our prompt for FTSF today is “”Compassion is important because…..” More about the 1000Speak movement at the end of the post. Practising Parenting with Compassion…
Surprised at that outburst? You should be. And with good reason. Because I am really not the kind of person who’d make declarations like that. So fine, maybe I’ll think it in my mind a zillion times (and counting) but I wouldn’t actually shout it out. Here’s what brought it on.…
Yesterday a close friend called. We were talking after a month, which is very unusual because the longest we’ve gone without a phone call is a week. We invariably end up calling each other on a Monday – mid-morning – around 11ish when we’re both done with the morning stuff and…